Little Jumping Bean!

Happy Friday!

It's been a bumpy ride in the world of pregnacy these last few days... Let's just say that I just might cooking up a little girl after all - they say that baby girls make Mommies much sicker - throw up sick! And the past few mornings, that has TOTALLY been me! This morning, all it took was a few bites of toast before I was running to the bathroom! Yesterday's culprit - Frosted Cheerios...never again!

As I enjoy yet another day at home for our school's mid-winter break, it wouldn't be right if I didn't update my site with the events of this morning.

In my post on Tuesday after seeing the doctor, our first ultrasound was scheduled for this morning at the hospital. I tried my best to sleep in, but my mind just wouldn't relax! All I could think about was that we were going to see our baby today! I hoped and prayed that everything would be great and that we would see a really strong heartbeat right away.

Zig went to work early this morning, but came back to pick me up at 9:30. On the way to the hospital, I looked at Zig and told him that I was nervous... The last time we had gone for an ultrasound, bad news followed. It's so hard not to compare pregnancies, but I think it's quite clear that this time, things are different.

The very first ultrasound we had with our angel baby was done by a young girl named Lisa that Zig and I really liked. She was really sweet and took lots of pictures of the baby. When we saw her there this morning, I felt very comfortable and excited that we would be working with her again. She knew us right away and said that she remembered that we had lost our first baby. She knew that we wanted to see a strong baby and a fast 'ticker' so she wasted no time getting right to it! As soon as she put the probe on my stomach, she found the baby! She stayed really still until she located the heartbeat and she let us just stare at it! Tears rolled down my cheeks as that little flutter flashed away! She did lots of measurements of the baby, the uterus, the ovaries, and lots of other stuff, but kept coming back to get clearer pictures of the baby.

The coolest part of the ultrasound was probably seeing this baby move! It was quite the little jumping bean! It would be still for only a few second at a time before jumping and swimming like a little fishy! The heartbeat and movement of this baby is probably one of the coolest things I've ever seen!

Lisa told us a few things that she's not really supposed to say - she let us know that we are measuring exactly at 9 weeks, so we can expect about the same due date as before. She also said that she remembers before that the heartbeat of the first baby was lower than what she likes to see - so she remembers being worried for us the first time. This time though, she measured the heartbeat to be at about 167, which she said looks really good! Her saying "That's more like it" brought peace to me and Zig.

Twenty minutes later and two little 'peanut' pictures in hand, we were on our way home and so happy that things went well! I spent the rest of the morning making phone calls to all of those who knew we were having the ultrasound today. My mom, Meg, Manda, and Stacie were so happy to hear the good news!

We see Dr. Grill on Monday to go over the ultrasound and have our first exam! I can't wait to see him and actually hear good things come from his mouth! We hardly got a chance to work with him the first time!

Things are really working out this time! We are so thankful for good reports thus far! I'll be sure to post about our visit with the doctor on Monday, but until then, enjoy our first look at Baby Wray!