18 Weeks

Today, Matt and I went to our 18 week appointment, which included an ultrasound! We got to see LBD moving around and got some great pictures, including some wonderful silhouette shots! We also found out that LBD is a BOY! We're so excited to be able to call him Anthony and meet him in April! Other than that, my appointment was short; we heard the heartbeat which was strong and Matt showed Lynette his arm. (He had blood taken on Saturday and she said that they went right through the blood vessel, so it's spilling blood and that's why his arm looks bruised.)

Here's a picture from the ultrasound:

And a size update for this week: Anthony is now the size of a sweet potato!

10 Weeks

We had our second doctor appointment today! We talked to a nurse practitioner and she did my pap smear (ugh) and an ultrasound! All of my blood work came back healthy, nothing wrong with me. The ultrasound was amazing! We saw LBD, who's now the size of a kumquat or Habanero pepper, and even saw the heart beating! We got five of the ultrasound pictures, but I only scanned one of them:

I also had a flu shot which is safe during pregnancy, was free, and is recommended to help protect LBD. After our appointment, we stopped at the park to take pictures again:

We're going to break the news publicly (aka Facebook) pretty soon! We've been telling friends and family that we want to know before seeing it on Facebook for a couple weeks, though.