Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Belly Pics -- 23 weeks

Since I'm starting to show now, I thought I'd post some belly pictures. We had some exciting developments this past week, too. At times we can now see him when he kicks -- he's making noticeable indentions when he's in a really active mood. We can also feel where he is positioned when he is toward my front.  We can't feel exactly which body part is which, but we can feel very hard spots where he is lying.  It has all been very cool to experience as he grows.  Enjoy the pics, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!






Monday, December 14, 2009

Fetal Echo Results are good!

We had a fetal echo today just as a precaution and everything looks great for baby boy Perry!  Praise God!

And, while I was waiting for my appointment, I got to witness a miracle - and just had to share. A family was waiting for a little boy to have heart surgery and they were expecting he'd be finished about noon. At 10am the doctor came out to talk to the mom, and she was shocked, as you would expect, since it was still 2 hours early.   About 10 minutes later she returns from the consultation room and tells the family the hole in the little boy's heart had disappeared!  When they scheduled the surgery, it was 2cm and surgery was critical, they said. But now, the hole was so tiny (smaller than the size of a sharp pencil tip) and there was no need to operate!  To watch this family as it sunk in that they had just received such an amazing miracle ---words can't adequately describe what that was like!  I hope this inspires everyone else as it did me -- God works in mysterious ways!  Later, the same doctor came and analyzed the results of my fetal echo. I told him, I saw you got to witness a miracle today, and he just shook his head in amazement. He said, I have no idea what happened.  But as the family was saying, of course, we know, don't we?!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

20 week ultrasound photos


Well he's definitely a boy and he's looking perfectly on track so far! We had the detailed 20-week ultrasound today and everything looks great. I've posted a few pics from it below. The first one is his first "footprint." And the other 2 are side profiles. He was moving all around during the ultrasound, so that's also great. And we had a very exciting milestone this week -- Phillip could feel him kicking for the first time from the outside. He's positioned head down at the moment, so he's been kicking around my belly button - easier to feel those little pecks. Very cool!  Enjoy the pics...