Night with the Anesthesiologist

So tonight - George and I had our "Night with the Anesthesiologist" and a tour of the hospital!

I must say it was a little overwhelming...and somewhat frightening...I'm glad that I'm a little more educated on what is going to happen with an epidural, but I also think it just scared me. I don't do well with hospitals to begin with and thought I might have to get up in the middle of his talk (mainly during question time) because I was becoming a little overwhelmed...thought I might get sick.

But, both George and I survived :) Happy to say! I definitely think an epidural is the way to go...but still sounds so scary! We'll see!

The evening ended with a tour of the birthing center/rooms and then the recovery rooms/where you stay for the duration of your hospital stay - after you've had the baby (these are the rooms I've seen...when visiting Yue and Barb last year after they delivered their little ones). And we of course got to see the nursery - which had about 5 babies in it - and of course brought tears to my eyes and I couldn't stop grinning :D. I guess that is what makes it ALL worth it in the end :D

Found out details about who can be in the birthing room (George and two other guests) and then in the regular rooms (I guess only kids over 10 are allowed to come and visit - unless siblings). She also showed the Dad's where they can go to get snacks for Mom while she's in labor - Popcicles, Ice, etc. Ha Ha - GG was all about the Popcicles...but I told him I didn't think they were for him ;).

All in all it was a good evening - despite the scariness! But knowing that at the end of it all you get to hold your little peanut :D - is what helps you push thru it all!

Incredible!

So - I do apologize for the delay. Here is our little munchkin! It was such an amazingly incredible day (July 6, 2010)! We got to see our little one :) So precious s/he was jumping up and down/doing pushups (still can't feel it), doing some squats (too cute), sucking his/her thumb (we got a great picture of this), and watching his/her little heart just pump away - so awesome :D

Look at those little legs - it was awesome b/c s/he was jumping up and down or doing push-ups is what the tech said. s/he was also doing squats :) It was funny because George was like "You can't feel that?" and I was like 'Nope'....which is kind of crazy...considering how much the baby was moving!




One of the kind of scary shots...straight on...but not as scary as some I've seen.



This one you can see the little teeth buds :) Can't tell yet if s/he'll have my gap :D



Another kind of scary one...looks like a tusk or fang coming out of the side of the face, but it's really the little hand that was up there - you'll see in the next few pics :)



Our little 'thinker' :)



Opp...starting to suck his/her thumb - too cute :) This is probably my favorite picture along with the little legs :)


Still sucking thumb or covering mouth with hand...I guess the bluriness at the back of the skull is actually my uterus, so that's why it looks funny



Baby Douzos in 4D - a little blury b/c s/he was moving - but look how tiny...the tech couldn't measure overall length - but babycenter.com says baby is about 6inches long (about the size of my hand) and weighs about 8.5 ounces (and our tech said s/he weighs about 8 ounces from her measurements) - I guess the actual measurements had us at 18weeks 4 days :)



It is truly amazing how God thought of everything in designing us! Incredible! He is so good! We feel so incredibly blessed and can't wait to meet our little one!

Our next apt. is July 21st and we'll go over the ultrasound results with Dr. Brooks :)