My First Scan

I am sorry that I have been so slack with the whole scan update thing....but I am really not up to anything lately....my morning sickness starts when I open my eyes to when I close my eyes at night....I have thrown up a handful of times ...but the constant nausea, all day long, is tiring. I am exhausted the whole day. I could go to sleep on command. My beautiful B has had to put up with my nonsense.....besides the fact that he cooks every night, there is no nookies and I am total bitch right now. I can bite heads off....smile....

My boobies are HUGE....move over Mrs Anderson....they are not sore but I have a mapwork of beautiful big blue veins. My nipples are very large. I think I am going to have a boy because it is obvious he is sending all the hormones to my bust....smile. My belly is already swollen...it must be my little Brat at work cause I am definitely not overeating. At the moment, I can only handle fresh fruit and veggies...and I nibble all day to keep my nausea monster at bay.

Last night, I feel like Chinese Beef Chow Mein (had to be noodles). Whilst we were waiting, I turned to my B and said "Babetjies, I know that I wanted to be pregnant...but right now, I am wondering what the F$$$ I got myself into"........to which he growled at me...."Don't talk like that"....so I shut up and continued to feel sorry for myself...smile

Our first scan was an awesome, frightening, overwhelming experience. First, Vitalab was running late....so we went in an hour and a half later....by this stage, I am totally stressed. We get shown to our "little dark" room...and I hop on the bed and get ready for Dr J.. In walks Dr J, all formal...pulls out the Dildo scan probe, pulls on the condom and smears it with lube...I do not know about you girls, but that thing is really horrible. Anyway, he continues....on the screen appears this large black blob...Dr J tells us that it is the pregnancy sack...BUT WHERE IS THE BABY...both me and my B start stressing...my heart is aching and I thinking back to all the stories about empty baby sacks. Dr J wiggles the probe...and there is the corner is this little pulsating blob..."Is that our baby?" "Yupp, that is your baby"...my eyes fill with tears whilst Dr J pumps up the volume and we hear the most beautiful sound....tharump tharump...our baby is alive. My tears fall from my eyes....I am so blessed.

Dr J shows us the formation of the placenta/afterbirth....he then measured our little Brats "gut"...and told us that he is very pleased to see the gut formation cause that is a good sign. Our little Angel measured 10mm with a heart rate of 133. Both my B and I sat in silence during the scan...we were too overwhelmed by this gift in my body that already controlled our hearts.

Our next scan is scheduled for the 29 April 2010.....

Here is our scan picture...to the untrained eyes there is nothing...so I will teach you. In the middle you will see a big blob...and to the right middle hand side of the blob there is a smudge...that is our Brat...damn cute hey!!!!!!!