Week 11

I have felt so much better this week. I only got sick once in the morning on Monday. I exercised more this week than any other week too. I've been out of school for Christmas vacation so its been easy to take cat naps and rest when I've needed too. I'm anticipating an exhausting week when I return to school on January 4th. I'm going to try my hardest to go to the gym atleast 3 days this week. On Thursday, December 31st, we had another ultra sound. This was a screening for nuchal translucency. They told me it was a regular screening for all patients at 11 weeks. Basically, the screening is for birth defects such as down syndrome. First the nurse tried to find the baby using the ultra sound on my stomach. She couldn't find it and decided to try the wand. When she walked out of the room and I started to cry. Panic and fear overwhelmed me thinking that something was wrong. I don't feel anything this early in the pregnancy so sometimes its hard to believe something is growing inside of me. Tim reassured me that everything was fine as the nurse walked back in. Then I saw the baby on the screen. Now he/she has a full body, two arms and two legs but is only 4cm long. He/she was jumping and bouncing all around but I can't feel anything! It was amazing. All the sudden, the baby turned and looked at us and waved. So now we know that at least one hand has five fingers! (see the top ultras sound pic) I asked the nurse if she could tell the baby's sex. She said she had a really good guess but not to go out and buy all the baby colors just yet. She told us what she thought and we were thrilled!! I'm going to wait to post the true sex until we find out for sure.
Maybe I feel so much better this week because I ate McDonald's and Taco Bell! I never eat fast food during the week but it was just so good! I bought my first pint of ice cream too....I know that's so cliche but there is some truth to how good it tastes when you're prego:)