The Results of My Torrid Love Affair with Mr. Peanut

I am 11 weeks and 6 days and had my 12 week doctors appointment this morning. My doctor is very understanding of how nervous moms-to-be can get and does an ultrasound at every check up. Today's ultrasound looked great. It was the first time where it really looked like there was a tiny baby inside me. I got to see its head, belly, heartbeat and limbs, and even got to see it arch its back. It was all very sweet, though, in the pictures, it does bear a striking resemblance to Mr. Peanut.

My next check up with my doctor is in 3 weeks, but I have another ultrasound on Monday with the genetics department as part of the nuchal translucency screening. The nuchal screen is done to determine the likelihood of certain chromosomal abnormalities. The equipment used for the nuchal sceen ultrasound is more advanced than that at the doctor's office so we should be able to see quite a bit of detail. I'm very excited for it. We'll have an anatomy scan in the same genetics department at 18 weeks which should tell us the sex (September 30th, J's Birthday!).

Behold the cutest fetus you will ever see: