First Ultrasound!

Aimee had her first ultrasound bright and early this morning. Normally from what I understand, an ultrasound is not usually needed this early in the pregnancy. However, because Aimee's hCG levels were previously low (though they are normal now) the Nurse wanted to have an ultrasound to make sure everything was okay and to try to get an accurate age of the baby. Here is the picture!

We are so excited! We could see the heartbeat and everything! Aimee calls it 'her little peanut' because its so small.

One thing that was unexpected is that the nurse said Aimee was only 6.1 weeks pregnant, even though we thought she was about 7.5 weeks. It's hard to argue with a professional using an ultrasound machine, however since Aimee tracks her cycle pretty meticulously, I'm not completely convinced the nurse is right. For the nurse to be right, conception would have had to occur around day 28 of her monthly cycle. For those of us that don't know (guys...), the ability to conceive is usually around day 14 and it is a short window of about a day.

If I'm right (assuming the baby goes full term) we'll have a baby between Christmas and New Years. If the nurse is right, the new estimated due date is January 9. Really though, we don't care, we just want a happy, healthy baby!