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All of my fears were eradicated today. I had my ultrasound first thing in the morning. I was so nervous and uncomfortable in the waiting area. I had never had an ultrasound before and this was by far the coolest thing EVER. I cannot wait for the anatomy ultrasound 8 weeks from now when I get to see my baby in much better detail as they check everything out, plus I'll find out the gender. Unless you've experienced this before, there's no way to describe the relief and awe of first setting eyes on your baby and actually seeing it as it's supposed to look according to its gestational age. I had that fear in the back of my mind that they would find a dead little peanut, but NO! Heart beat was 154. I was so excited about the fact that everything is normal that I forgot to ask the tech if I could listen to the heartbeat, but that's okay because I plan on buying a fetal doppler anyway. Baby looked like it was sleeping while the tech was taking measurements and it's measuring right on time! After measurements were taken she called Nate in to see the baby on the screen and (what I think is) the funniest thing happened. Baby flipped over 180. Head was suddenly the other way and turned on its side a bit, which was perfect because we could see the little heart flickering away inside its chest. It was so fucking magical! <3

Anyway, here's a picture of our perfect baby, with a little fist up by its head.

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