The Second Sonogram

The second sonogram was a little more visualizing for us, although still nothing that really resembled a human yet. We went in a few weeks after our first visit, same room, same equipment, same probe. I promised Heather that I wouldn't ask nearly as many questions while the tech had the wand wanding. Well, not that many, at least. She did the usual checks - making sure that everything was in the right place. Our baby, now closer to the size of a pea (about 2.6 mm), was indeed in the right place, hanging from the front part of the uterus, which would five us good views for all subsequent sonograms. The pictures she took looked more like a cocoon than a baby, but keep in mind, we're still pretty early on - but so much is happening in that little being. The nervous system is forming, the brain is developing like crazy (250,000 neurons a minute!!), arm and leg buds are developing, and so much more!! By this time too, the heart is beating more along what you would be expected of an 11 week old embryo (almost graduating to fetus!). 132 beats per minute this time!! Wahoo!! We've got a nice strong heartbeat that we could see on the screen, and hear! No video yet - something up with the VCR I guess - all that technology, and we can't get a freakin' video? C'mon! Anyway, so next time we see our baby, we'll be able to tell if daddy put the stem on the apple! 8 weeks...seems like forever!