Baby's first 20 weeks

A while ago, I realized I've never posted any ultrasound pictures on here. I decided to wait a few weeks longer, just until the midpregnancy ultrasound, so I could make it a "How has the bun developed over the first half of its life on the inside?"-post.

7 weeks and 4 days

There wasn't that much to see during our first ultrasound. The baby (well, technically it was still an embryo) didn't move yet, but we did get to see a tiny little heart flickering away. The baby was about 1.5 centimeters at this point.

11 weeks and 4 days

This ultrasound was scheduled only four short weeks after the first one, but look at the difference! While the baby still looked like a bean before, it's actually a tiny little human right now!

16 weeks and 2 days

This was the non-medical ultrasound. It lasted about 15 minutes and we got the entire "movie" on dvd, so we have tons of pictures, both in 2D and 3D. I made these pictures a bit smaller than usual because I think some of the detail is lost when I enlarge the photos.

Tiny hands and feet.

Open mouth. :)

20 weeks and 4 days

We only got two pictures, one of which was a blurry shot of the spinal cord... We did get to watch the baby for a long time because it was just us and a medical student for the first 20 minutes. Then the obstetrician came in and checked the organs, the torso and limbs, the head, the upper lip, etc. Everything was a-okay!

What's next?

Early October I have a 24-week prenatal visit at my GP's and my next medical ultrasound (the 28-week one) will actually only take place when I'm 29 weeks and 4 days along, somewhere mid-November. We also want to get another non-medical ultrasound to really see the baby's facial features and we've heard that it's best to plan this when you're 25-27 weeks along, because the baby has somewhat fuller cheeks by then and doesn't look as "alien" anymore. I'm not sure when exactly we'll schedule this, though. I think I'm just going to call the agency and see what they suggest.

Sooo. What do you think? We've made one hell of a pretty baby, right? :)