Seeing Blue

For a number of reasons, Tyler and I have been keeping a wonderful secret. Earlier this year, I had a terrible run of kidney stones that took a number of weeks to pass. It seemed that no matter how many gallons of water I drank, I never got to feeling better.

Well after about a month of not feeling well, and looking at a calendar I knew there could be another cause. On a hunch, Tyler and I went to the dollar store to buy a home pregnancy test. The following morning, we got our answer. From that moment, our lives changed.

I cannot even begin to express the delight we both felt, the tears of joy and surprise that came to us both, nor the prayer of gratitude we expressed that morning. All I can tell you is that it was truly a miracle. From there, I became antsy and totally crazy with news that I couldn’t share. We started talking names, settling on a couple different ones for girls and finding one we both loved for a boy.

Above is our first ultrasound 2-15-11

The following Monday I made a phone call to my doctor to schedule my first appointment. Tyler was able to take off work and be there for the first ultrasound at our 8 week appointment. We could see the little heart beating furiously and the doctor told us things were going well. I was lucky to have only mild morning sickness so really we were both on cloud 9. 

Above is an ultrasound from 3-15-11

My next appointment I went to alone. My doctor was able to freeze an image of the little one waving hello. It was in that appointment that I started to really get excited. I could see the arms and legs and spine of the little one and during the ultrasound, the little one began to flail around a little. That was the first time I’d ever seen anything like that in my life.

Clearly this is the one of the foot 3-24-11

A week later I had an ultrasound as part of a free study I’m participating in. In that ultrasound, the technician froze on an image of the baby’s foot. Also, she took a profile shot of the baby.

Here the baby lies on its head 3-24-11

For week 16’s appointment, I was able to learn that we are having a baby boy! In all three angles that we looked at, it was clear I was seeing blue! 

Here's one image from 4-12-11

I realize that, to many of you, this is the first you’ve heard of our news. I just want to share how excited Tyler and I are for our little one. In the future blog posts, I think I will write my posts addressed to the baby, since a friend of mine did that with her blog and it has turned out to be a really cute blog.