Nope, still doesn't feel real.

Well, I saw an interesting live show this morning.  Blaine and I went to be very early last night knowing we'd have to get up about 4am today for the ultrasound.  Good for us, because we both woke up around midnight wide awake.  After a couple of hours we decided we may as well be up for the day.  Lucky me had the day off from work.  Him, not so much.

We got to the hospital in plenty of time for good parking which is always a win.  Then we played our usual waiting game.  Our appointment was at 7:00 and I guess we weren't the only ones tired because the chick sitting next to me waiting was sawing some pretty serious logs.  Then, about 8:00 I finally got called back to the secondary waiting room where boys weren't welcome.  Got to watch a bit of the Today Show and see Robert "Twilight" Pattinson greet a million screaming fans.  Good thing Blaine wasn't there.

After some bubble-popping on the phone, the show finally got on the road.  They had a trainee do some of it, then the trainer.  I tried to look but couldn't see much of anything given the angle of the monitor and the fact that it's an ultrasound and therefore indiscernible.  That's okay because I was waiting for my baby daddy to join us.  I'd read in a book that it's good to go with a full bladder, advice which I took eagerly.  At only 18 weeks it's on the early side for an ultrasound and I wanted to see as much as I could.  Boy, was my bladder full. 

Then Dad joined the party and they did a few more of the organs and whatnot.  Finally I could kind of see.  I could see the heart (they said it has four ventricles - hope that's good!), the spine, and the fingers.  I also saw the bladder, which for some reason really stands out.  I sort of saw a face but I could never quite tell what part of the face and from what direction.  But I was assured it was a face.  There was also no indication if we'd "put the stem on the apple" which is good since we (I) don't want to know.

It's really mind-blowing to see that, the spine and fingers, and know that it's all sort of assembling itself and seems to be doing a pretty decent job of it so far.  We're just praying it gets my back, not dad's.  I still can't tell if I feel it moving.  Sometimes I think I might, but who knows.  It's my first so I have no clue.  Some day I'll feel something and have no doubt.  Some day I'll see a foot shape punching at my belly.  

They did have a few glitches with the machine.  I felt like suggesting they get a Mac ultrasound, but bit my tongue.  I don't have any pictures yet, unfortunately.  I hope to have some soon.  They said everything looks good, which is nice to hear.  I do get to have another one in about 6 weeks when everything is more developed.