Visit to the specialist

Today we saw a maternal fetal medicine specialist.  The reproductive endocrinologist sent me to the specialist, I guess because of my "advanced age."  We decided we didn't want to do any bloodwork to determine our chance of having a baby with a genetic abnormality.  There's no way we would terminate the pregnancy, and why would we want to worry for 6 months about a "chance" of something going wrong?  So, they just did an ultrasound, which was AMAZING.  It was so neat to see our baby moving, kicking, and even bucking-- the baby was really active in there!  It was strange to see so much movement, yet not feel any of it.  I don't know if I've mentally made the connection that the cute little thing on the screen is actually inside me!  We got to hear the heart beat for the first time today as well.  The doctor was going to try to make an early guess as to whether it is a boy or a girl, but the baby had its legs crossed!  Here are a few of the pics from today's appointment.