Strike a Pose.

The Monkey was lying transversley with it's feet to my right side (where I was feeling those kicks yesterday!) so we couldn't get any great pictures today. The sonographer took lots of measurements and monkey is measuring exactly on time. It's little foot is 1 inch long! It was also curled up so tight. She said my baby just likes to stay in a little ball with it's knees to it's nose. So cute. Oh, and my placenta is almost exactly where I thought it was. I got the placement right, but the orientation wrong. It's not anterior, it's on the back wall of my uterus. She wasn't able to get a great view of the spine and the Dr. said it was still a little early to get what they needed for an anatomy scan. SO we're going back on December 8th for another try. YAY! But I'll show you some pictures anyway:

See the spine in that 2nd to last one? And how it's just about kneeing it's self in the face? And the face in the last one? How flippin' neato-burrito is that? That's my baby! I'm so in love.

I am totally impressed with Sacred Heart's facilities. They had a big screen TV positioned right in front of the ultrasound exam table so we could see what the sonographer saw w/o having to crane our necks to see her little screen. It was totally the Hilton of ultrasound rooms. Really it was the Hilton of Dr.s offices. They had free Wi-Fi in the waiting room and Justin was able to play games online while we waited (he was happy as a clam, and since the office is inside the hospital we'll deliver at he's excited to be able to play his game while we're there too). He commented "I like this place MUCH better than the other place". I'm just happy to have him entertained in the waiting room. And just like no Hilton establishment would give their guests cheap scratchy bathrobes...this office uses REAL CLOTH hospital gowns and sheets! I just about busted out a happy dance at the news that my modesty would no longer be decimated by too small paper sheets and vests that don't stay closed!!!!!!!! ::Breaks out Happy Dance::

And on top of all that I just adore my new Dr.! He is very informative and EXTREMELY up-beat. His smile never faltered and he made me feel SO comfortable. Very similar to my general practicioner. I am SO SO SO SO SO glad I switched.

The monkey's heartbeat was 133 and I am officially back up to my pre-pregnancy weight! And I am still feeling movement today. It's so cool to know that the pops on the left are fists and the pops on the right are feet...for now anyway.