More on the Ultrasound

Last Wednesday we had an ultrasound, and we were able to see our little baby, and find out that our baby is a boy. I wanted to write up more details, now that I've got the "big news" out!

The ultrasound technician called us straight back to the ultrasound room; no peeing in a cup or weight checks this time. (yay!) I sat on the table, and she had me pull my waistband down a bit (about to my hair line) and my shirt up a bit above my bellybutton. She stuck a towel in my waistband to keep the gel off of them, and squirted a bunch of gel on my tummy, then put the ultrasound "thing" on my tummy - and we could see baby right away on the screen!

Everthing was in black and white, and it was so precious to be able to see our son as he is developing! Even at less than 19 weeks old, he looks completely human. Besides looking at our baby boy, she checked my cervix, she checked the placement of the placenta, the location of where the umbilical cord attaches. She took growth measurements of our baby - his femur, head, many things. He's right on target. He was not cooperating well as she was trying to get a picture of his kidneys, but he just wanted to stay in the same position - all curled up! But, she showed us his bladder, and you could see it was full! - so she felt confident he did in fact, have kidneys.

While we were spying on him in the womb, our son was peacefully floating in the amniotic fluid. He'd occassionally reach up and scratch behind his ears, or wiggle his tiny toes, or tap his foot. It was amazing to me that such a young baby in utero could look and act so much like a newborn!

And this is the tough part: I found myself confounded while in the ultrasound room, and even since then, at the fact that there are people who would suggest that it is not in fact murder to abort a developing baby, especially at this stage or later in pregnancy!! It just absolutely boggles my mind how DOCTORS can perform abortions, and how women can trick themselves into thinking it wouldn't be absolote torture for the baby growing inside them! It's been bothering me a lot - I did a quick google on abortion - how are they done, at what stages in pregnancy, who does them. I had no idea. It is just so hard to imagine a heart so hardened that an individual would be willing to tear the life away from a baby sleeping peacefully in the womb, not even given a chance to live. It breaks my heart, and I know it breaks God's heart, who creates each and every new life.

I thank and praise God for this gift of our son. I smile each time I feel him move within me, a reminder that he is alive and thriving, and I am eagerly anticipating getting to meet him!