First Trimester

We had another doctors appointment this morning. At the appointment we were able to see our little one. The doctor kept calling the a baby, a he, which made Justin very excited. It is hard to put into words all the emotions we were feeling as we were gazing at the screen and seeing a person growing inside of Dawn. When the doctor first placed the ultrasound instrument on Dawn's belly, the baby woke up and started moving all around. We were amazed to see the baby moving around. We are continually thankful by how smooth everything has gone thus far. The doctor said everything looked great. The baby is a little smaller than Dawn's pointer finger, which is the normal size for the baby at this point in the pregnancy. Also, the babies heart continues to race at an astonishing rate of 159 beats per minute, which is normal, but is a contributing factor to why Dawn is tired often. The Beck genes carry a lot of energy. Therefore, we should expect nothing less than an extremely fast heartbeat.

The doctor took some pictures of our little munchkin, which we wanted to share with you.


This one shows the baby all curled up and back to sleep after being woken up by the doctor.


We can see little arms and legs forming in this picture


The doctor said this one shows the babies legs crossed, which made Dawn think the baby is a girl, but Justin was quick to remind her how often he crosses his legs. I guess we will have to wait and see!!!


The last picture is a close up of the babies head, which was a little scary for us, since the baby looks like an alien, but the doctor was quick to remind us that this is very normal. However, we had a good laugh at the picture.

Thanks for continuing to share in this process with us. We are so excited and can't wait to welcome baby Beck into the world. The first trimester is complete. One down and two to go.