Baby Update!

Today we had another ultrasound, which meant another chance to witness the miracle of life. What an amazing journey this has been so far for us, and we are only 19 weeks into it. The baby was full of energy today, moving and swimming around. The ultrasound technician was very nice and explained a lot to us as we were looking at the screen. We were able to look at the baby's brain to see the two halves, heart to see the four chambers, kidneys, and even the umbilical cord with color to see the arteries and veins within it. In order to see that, they turn on color and you see blue (veins) and red (arteries). Measurements were taken of the legs, arms, brain, heart, kidneys, circumference of the head, circumference of the abdomen and all checked out just fine. The only questionable measurement was with the ureters, which is what allows urine to flow out of your kidneys. They measured 1mm too large, which could mean that the baby hadn't gone to the bathroom for awhile or the angle the measurement was taken at wasn't quite right. So, we will go back in about a week to make sure everything is alright. The doctor said that we shouldn't lose any sleep over it for now, so no worries.

We were able to see facial features such as the lips, nose and eyes including the lens of the eye (basically the circle of the iris and pupil). One thing that I (Travis) found amazing was that at 19 weeks your bones are starting to harden and become more dense. The way we could tell this is because they show up on the ultrasound very white. This allowed us to be able to see the spine, femur, skull, and other bones starting to really take shape. Even though seeing all of the different aspects of the baby was amazing and special, the best part of the ultrasound would have to be the 5-10 seconds that we caught the baby sucking it's thumb...that is simply beautiful to see.

Tiffany is still on track for a February 1st due date, so we are getting closer to meeting our little gift of life. We have attached a couple of pictures of our little bundle of joy, but to put everything into perspective, Baby Mlodzik is approximately 6" from head to rump and weighs roughly 11oz.

Love Travis & Tiffany