First Ultrasound

I had an appointment today to try to hear the heartbeat. I am now almost 11 weeks along. After three tries, with three different types if doppler's the nurse was not able to hear the heartbeat. Being the professional that she was (and knowing that I was sorta freaking out), she offered to do an ultrasound. Aaron could not be with me, but luckily I had my good friend, Lauri, there for support. We trooped to the ultrasound room and everything went perfectly. The reason she was unable to hear the heartbeat was because my uterus is tipped backwards, which happens in about 25% of women and it is not a cause for worry.

We could see the head, eyes, nose, mouth, arms, legs. It was moving around like crazy. The heartbeat is 166 beats per minute, which is very good. Honestly, it sort of looks like an alien.........

I am going to try to get the pictures in digital format, so I can post them.

Hope all is well,

Sarah