Baby's First Home Movie!

Oh Boy...or Girl?! We had our 18th week ultrasound last Friday before leaving for the OuterBanks. This would be the ultrasound where they could tell us the sex of the baby, but what is the fun in that? Baby Burch is growing beautifully and quite the mover and a shaker! The tech actually had some difficulties measuring things, because baby would not stay still long enough for measurements.

Just push play and enjoy his/her on-screen debut!

Notice right at the beginning the baby has his/her mouth open. @23 seconds the black moving spot in the chest is the heart beating. Still one of my favorite things!! @35 seconds the baby's hand moves up above the chest. Throughout the video you can also see the spine and ribs. Peek-A-Boo, @1:21 the baby is looking right at us. @2:00 there is a good shot of the feet above the head. I always hoped they'd have ultrasounds in color by the time I could have a baby, but 3D is equally as fantastic. @2:27 you see a 3D image of the face with feet coming in front. The darker spots on the head, show the soft spots. @3:00 has a good shot of the foot, and 4:38 shows the baby all folded up with the feet and legs above the had.

Everytime we watch it we see something new. ENJOY! :)

Game of Catch-up!

Welcome to the Burch's Its A Wonderful Life Blog, which will be filled with updates on Bezzus Burch to-be, family, friends, and fabulousness! So where do we begin...How about at the beginning!

This is start of baby Beezus (that we have so lovingly choosen instead of calling "it, it". We had this songram at 5 weeks 6 days (5/25). The heart actually starts beating at 6 weeks, so we were warned we may not see anything. Well....not this baby! "We have an overachiever" the ultrasound tech announces, and there it was..this little flicker on the screen. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!



The heartrate was low at the last sonogram, because it likely had started that day. So here is the repeat ultrasound at 7 weeks 1 day (6/3). Can you believe the difference in just a couple of days. Beezus looks like a snowman! The black dot in the head is the brain!



So at this point, we're addicted to seeing the heartbeat and little bambino swimming around in there. Okay, so that isn't the real reason we had this sonogram, but that is much more appropriate for blogging purposes! So here is a 9 week sonogram. Isn't it the cutest thing you've ever seen?



This is one of my favorite songram pictures. At 9 weeks 6 days, Beezus is proud to display his or her hoof! You can even see the little piggies! There was a lot of movement this songram which is fun to see. The tech said Beezus was swimming all over the place. Probably why every little belly growl, I thought for sure was kicks. Come to find out, thats not until 18-22 weeks!



And this brings us up to date as far as sonograms. We did the First Trimester screen, just for piece of mind. And everything came out perfect. Including these 2 pictures from the sonogram. This first picture is pretty perfect! Beezus is just sitting back enjoying a bean burrito! I have no caption for the other picture. Lets be honest..its pretty frightening! Rarrrrr!




I hoping this blog will be a little more entertaining in the coming weeks. Tomorrow morning we have a big sonogram which we COULD find out the sex of Beezus. But what is the fun in that. Although I was thinking Beezus was a boy since Day 1, I'm now leaning towards girl. Obviously we can't wait to find out! So.. Do you know the most reliable method to determine a baby's sex?







CHILDBIRTH!!