Thursday, November 20, 2008

 

I'm growing a peanut!

The appointment today went well. As we had figured, I am at just a day or two past 11 weeks, which was even confirmed exactly with the ultrasound. The doctor kept saying how big the fibroid I have is but how it's a "good kind" because it's on the outside of the uterus so, compared with the other possible locations (inside or within the uterine wall), it should cause few problems. His only big concern was whether it might affect the actual delivery, which, obviously, we won't know until we get there.

Paul got there toward the end of the examination, but the doctor did another quick ultrasound so that he could see our little peanut (as I have lovingly termed the image on our ultrasound printoff) and hear the heartbeat, which I already had. We also could see the tiny little heart beating. It was amazing. And this is wonderful news that the heartbeat was so strong because studies have shown that as soon as they can hear the heartbeat with Doppler, then the risk of miscarriage drops dramatically. Paul's been trying for a couple of weeks to hear it with his stethoscope, but hasn't had any luck yet, which isn't surprising since everything I've read says it's about 20 weeks before you can hear the heartbeat that way. Still, he keeps trying every week or so.

Anyway, in other exciting news, it actually snowed for a little bit today in Seoul! It didn't stick or anything, but it was the real deal. That makes me very happy. I miss snow.

And finally, I will leave you tonight with a view of 11 weeks from a slightly different perspective...



It's just that tiny little peanut toward the top that looks like it's waving.

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