Penny

Ultrasound. Mostly painless (a little crampy, but for most of it I was so entranced by the monitor I didn't notice) minimally messy, and utterly fascinating.

The baby's heartrate is something like twice mine - according to the nurse, perfectly healthy.

And it was definitely alive. While we watched, it squirmed, wiggled and flipped until I was astonished that I couldn't feel anything, even if it is only a couple of inches long, yet. When it was turned so I could see it, I could see its heart fluttering rhythmically, and that took my breath away.

I was between Matt and the monitor, so I wasn't looking at him for most of the procedure - but when I felt him take my hand, I nearly cried.

Matt already posted one of the pictures, but it was commented that the purple lines I'd drawn were a little hard to follow, so I re-did it, along with a couple of new lines. And I'm including a second picture - most of the prints we got were pretty much the same angle, but we did get one shot right in the middle of a flip, where it looks like the kid maybe sat on a photocopier. Sort of. If you use your imagination. (Anyway, it's a shot of the baby's butt and legs.)