HUMAN!
Exactly what we wanted! Whew! We were worried there for a minute or two.
The ultrasound was really long, and honestly painful. The baby was VERY uncooperative apparently. Wouldn’t stop moving around and then it would hide itself and more than half of the ultrasound I was on my side with my back to the tech and the doctor so they could see what needed to be seen. Finally they got all the measurements they needed (I’m telling you my belly will be bruised tomorrow) and declared our baby PERFECT! (At least as far as the ultrasound goes.)
We didn’t bring a video tape (I couldn’t find one this morning) but in the end, the ultrasound was so long and they had so much trouble that Georgie started to read the paper. Every now and then I’d tell him to check things out (my head was behind the screen, as I thought it would be) and he’d look and then get scared he was going to see something he didn’t want to see (like some kind of gender identification) and look away. I was like, honey, that’s the umbilical cord.
To top the day off: WE FINALLY GOT SPRINGSTEEN TICKETS!
The baby WILL be hearing The Boss in utero. We’re going to have a nice weekend in DC and catch the show on the 12th. I can’t wait. A little bit of relaxing. A little bit of Bruce. And a whole lot of my favorite boy and my other favorite boy. Or maybe my favorite girl. 😉
Here’s another picture. A foot. I’m bruised on the outside AND inside. YAY BABY!
PS – I’ve had some questions about Spin Out prizes. I have NOT awarded them yet. It looks like I’ll be doing that right before Thanksgiving. My elves will be coming to help and hopefully I’ll have a break in the workload before then to post the rest of the prizes that I haven’t posted yet. I’m terribly sorry for the delay. I apologize to all the people who donated prizes and all the people who bought raffle tickets. THE PRIZES WILL BE GOING OUT! I promise. Thank you all for being so patient! I really appreciate it!
Oh man, that foot is the cutest thing ever!
So glad to hear that the baby is PERFECT! Technology is really something, isn’t it? That first picture really DOES look like a human!! Can’t quite make out the foot yet…I’ll keep at it! I can remember when I was pregnant and my baby kept kicking me on one side, and as I remember it, ONE SIDE ONLY!! Can’t wait to find out meet her?? Him?? Cynthia
Oh HI, beautiful baby!!
Enjoy the concert! I went to see Sting when I was nine months pregnant with my first kid. Don’t be surprised when it starts kicking and dancing to the music too. He was dancing more than I was. You’ll love it.
cute cute baby!
Thanks for the prize update. Please don’t fret too much about it. It is hard to manage your workload when pregnant, and, as you’ve mentioned, it is a busy season for you. The prizes are a bonus; they’re fun, but it was never about the prizes, right? We can be patient. 😉
Yay human! THat is so cool. Ultrasounds are way more advanced now than they used to be, holy cow!
Bah, prizes can wait. You’re making a person! (Wow…dude, you’re making a PERSON. Someone that will walk and talk and dance and play and laugh and cry and contribute to society and I’m making myself all teary-eyed so I’ll stop now.) But yeah, the ultrasound is such a cool process, and yet rather less glamorous than they make it look on TV, as with most things pregnancy-related. And the foot! I want to pinch the little toes! Hee!
*happysigh* How exciting.
Yay! I’m so glad you have a happy and healthy human!!!
And DC!!!! I’m free all weekend, so we have to hang out! 🙂
Yay!! Glad to hear bub is shaping up well 😉 My husband used to respond like that when folks asked him what we were having, it was always amusing to see the shocked looks on their faces. Buy he’s always been a stirrer 😉
Congrats on getting the Springsteen tickets, be prepared for bubba to be bopping along to the music with you both.
And don’t stress about the prizes … as others have said, you’re making a PERSON – everything else pales in comparison.
Yay, it’s a baby! On one of the sweaters I knitted before I was even pregnant, I duplicate-stitched the word “baby” because I was pretty sure I’d eventually get that, at least. 🙂
wooohooo! so glad you are feeling better too.
Awwwwwwwww yay! for human baby. 🙂
Very cool.
What a GREAT profile!!! Noah and Hannah love looking at the sonogram pics of them in their respective baby books. What an amazing thing. Mazel tov on that beautiful, perfect baby, and also on getting Springsteen tickets! I’m sorry I couldn’t help you on that front. I’ll be quite jealous if you get to hear “Thunder Road.” xoxo!
Those are the most beautiful pictures I’ve seen on your blog – of course you take great photos – but you MADE that one! Congratulations.
What a perfectly beautiful human!
I think it’s got your nose 😉
Oh what a beautiful baby! I love the profile shot, such a cute nose already!
Congrats! I hear the human babies are the best. And yay, you’ll be in DC!
Oh how cute!!! You’ll get a kick out of this one…you say your “little human” is being uncooperative? My brother & SIL were trying to find out what they were having (it took 2 sonograms)…my niece flipped them off! They have the picture to prove it!
Oh my gosh! I could see the foot before i saw the arrow! I can never tell what is going on in ultrasounds..your baby is super-photogenic! And absolutely perfect, naturally..
Such a cute little foot — I love baby fingers and toes!
Human? Excellent! Frankly, that’s my hope too when we start our family. Ten fingers and ten toes would be the icing on the cake.
So Amazing! I have profile ultrasound shots of both our boys and they still(!) have the same profile at ages almost 5 and almost 7. That foot is freakin awesome.
Congratulations on your HUMAN! Aren’t the ultrasounds the best? It’s nice to have that little glimpse inside to see that everything is developing. I can’t imagine living in the time before ultrasounds…
AWWW… YOUR BABY IS JUST PERFECT!!!
Are you sure it’s a human? It kind of looks like a teapot to me in the top photo. LOVE YOU!!!!
So… If it’s a boy, are you going to name him Bruce?? :^) Have Fun at the concert.
It is great to hear you sounding better! I know it is a relief to find out it’s not an alien or a litter of kittens.
Love Georgie reading the paper!
That’s one cutiepatutie!
Congrats on the human 😉 I’m hoping for one myself. I’m a sucker for the baby head profile – s/he is beautiful/handsome/perfect!
so fun! what a cute tubby little tummy it has in that top photo! what a miracle!!!! babies are such a gift!
The baby is beautiful (of course), and clearly human (what a relief). Don’t beat yourself up over the prizes – you’ve got a lot going on! We’ll wait. 🙂
I love how they label the sonogram pictures – I noticed that when my friend was pregnant with my goddaughter. “What the hell is this? Oh, wait, it says ‘foot’. Gotcha. Yeah, that looks like a foot.”
My friend’s baby was also very touchy about being photographed in utero – she was a very stubborn little fetus. And then she was born and we realized that sometimes personality traits displayed in the womb carry over: Talk to the hand (Awful picture of my boyfriend, but the child? She still doesn’t like the paparazzi.)
Oh that foot is soooooo cute!
Woo hoo on the Bruce tickets! I knew you’d do it somehow.
what amazing photos – they have gotten so much clearer in 25 years…. amazing.
I am so happy for you, it made me get this huge lump in my throat, remembering my first born –
you are in for so much joy… you have no idea.
congrats all around.
Whew! It would have been an awkward moment in the blogiverse had you announced you were having a Muppet baby. (And it can be SO hard to determine the gender on those things! 😉 )
Glad the bambino was pronounced perfect & you will have help with the Spin-Out stuff. It’s too much for one (or two, in your case, but seriously, the hands are still on the inside so the baby’s only really good for eating the snacks.)
I love the tiny sono baby parts. I remember looking at mine and seeing that the poor thing would have my nose. I think the worst part was having to drink the quart of water and then watch the baby using my bladder as a trampoline and realizing why I felt about to explode all the time . . . she still likes to bounce, hmmm.
My friend/connection just called to say we have tickets to that same show. I haven’t been to see Springsteen since Dec 1980, so if you see them carrying someone out on a stretcher, that would be me. Anyway, enjoy.
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I hope ultrasound pictures will never cease to amaze me. How cool is that?!
Congratulations on its being a perfect specimen, and I hope it appreciates the Springsteen tickets!
Isn’t it just amazing??
Congrats on a perfect human. I hope he/she grows up to appreciate Springsteen. Kids typically don’t like the music their parents like.
Oh man I had completely forgotten about the U/S pain! But that baby is beautiful!!! And such a cute little foot!!
What a perfect little human! Hey – I’ve got 8 embroyos! You were right, the shots are totally fine! And I started the PIO shots last night, also, no biggie. Transfer will be tomorrow, most likely.
So cute! So glad your baby is human. 🙂
What a beautiful and perfect little baby you’ve got cookin’ in there. 🙂
Yay for babies! I love the little footie. My doctor didn’t believe in doing sonograms unless she suspected something might be wrong (this was 20 years ago), so I never got to see my kid before she was born. It’s just so cool.
And no worries about prizes from this end. Of course, I can say that knowing that I never win anything anyway.
Yay Baby!! Congrats on the concert tickets, I knew G would find a way!
I started my own miter madness last night…I want it big enough to fit me queen-size bed. I think I will be mitering for a looooong time!
Ooh that is so exciting! (Both the tickets, and more importantly, the baby!)
I hope the weather here in DC is bright and beautiful for your trip!
Aww! Even as a super hazy ultrasound image, your baby is already cute!
Aaaand, I’ll be in NY this weekend. NATURALLY! HAve a great time!! AND CONGRATS ON THE HUMAN SPAWN!
Beautiful baby! I’m so glad everything is okay and that the baby is perfect! And have fun at the concert! You deserve it.
You are so good to share your experience – it’s a good reminder that your baby is indeed another human – with all the potential that goes along with it. Considering how SIMPLE you made it for all of us to be a part of the HUGENESS that SpinOut does for Heifer (no matter where we live!), we can certainly be patient on the EXTRA goodies.
Great news about the human! Sorry it took so much bruising to get that information!
Thanks for sharing the photos!
Wow, thanks so much for posting the pics. I love seeing babies in utero. We got a foot pic too, and it’s one of my favs. There’s just something about those little dots/toes that just make you want to kiss them. Tell G too, that at this age, the gender thingie just looks like a little turtle, and you really have to look to see if you see a little “turtle head” poking out. I mean, you really have to be looking for it to really see it. Unless you’re an ultrasound expert, which I’m thinking he’s not. So, no worries. Besides, judging from the acrobatics you had to do just to get the measurements, the baby was probably sitting with it’s legs crossed and it’s hands in front of it’s little crotch anyway.
Yea!! Humans are the best kind of baby to get!
love the foot shot.
Baby! what a cutie!
I doubt there is anything cuter than and ultrasound of a baby’s foot! Congrats. I’ll think about that little picture when TBA is jabbing me in my ribs tonight.
Those baby in utero profile shots always make me think of Alfred Hitchcock Presents…or Winston Churchill.
Yeah !!! it is a human. = ). I use to tell people that too when they asked what I was having. Rest and take it easy.
Those are some great baby pics! Love the full belly and lovely round head (great profile there).
If the baby is a boy, you may have to name him BRUCE. You already realize that any baby, girl or boy, is automatically THE BOSS.
Glad all’s well with the ultrasound. Best wishes from Ontario, Canada.
Both times I was pregnant when people asked me what we were having I would say “we’re having a baby!”.
It’s funny how focused people get on finding out the gender.
Glad to know the ultrasound went well.
i am so glad that the pregnancy is going well…despite the puking! that is just such a great profile pic! nice job on your human!
Congrats on the clear ultrasound! Such a relief, isn’t it, to know for sure things are going well in there!
And congrats on the Bruce tix! Hubby and I got free box seat (never thought I’d say THAT!) tickets to see Bruce in Philly, and even though I’m not a fan, he rocked the shit outta the place! Amazing!
That’s quite a human! Have a great time Bruce-ing it up!
Hm. Sonagrams aren’t supposed to hurt… They’re supposed to be cold and tickle. I wonder if the tech knew what they were doing.
Our kid would kick in time to the car stereo music while in utero. Is it any wonder she’s so great at playing the viola, guitar, and recorder? I’m sure the baby Boss will be wonderful, too.
Wholly crap, that is a foot!
Yay foot!!
I remember the feeling the first time I saw my baby…20 years ago. The scan looked like a bad Xerox of running water. Besides actually holding her in my arms, it was the most tangible proof that yes, I was so going to get the baby I wanted. Then when I called the doctor, who told me “it”…” was a female” knocked me out so completely that I couldn;t even understand what he was saying.
I, too, wanted children in the worst way. And one some days, I know I got the WORST children, there are still days when I think they are the best…and in the 23 years that I have had children, I have never regretted my desire to have them.
I have learned more about being a person because of them that they will ever possibly learn from me.
Looks just like you 😉
I love the foot. And what looks like a chubby belly.
Hi baby! Please tell mommy we know she gets her prizes out 🙂 Have a fun time with mommy and daddy at the concert!