“Aren’t ultrasounds neat? This was my first official picture of Charlie taken right after I first found out I was pregnant. I think it is neat to see this little, tiny person growing inside of your body.

Seeing that first ultrasound also made my unplanned pregnancy seem so real. I think I had been in denial that I was really and truly pregnant up until that point. But it’s hard to deny it any longer when you see your baby floating around on the screen. It was then that I knew I had to do whatever I could to protect my baby and give him all that he needed and deserved. Since I had complications in my pregnancy, I had many ultrasounds. It is neat to see the progression of growth of the baby through out the ultrasounds.

I’ve never had one of the newer 3-D or 4-D ultrasounds though. They were not as common when I was pregnant with Noah and I don’t remember them being that common with Charlie either. It seems that they have become more common in the past few years. I have seen pictures of them online and they are fascinating.

Another cool thing about ultrasounds is that often times you can find out the gender of your baby, if you choose to know. I did want to know and knew through this first ultrasound picture that Charlie was a boy. With Noah, however, they weren’t quite so sure. The ultrasound techs thought that Noah might be a boy but were not entirely sure. But he is a boy so their instincts were correct.

I still treasure this initial ultrasound picture of Charlie. Love is seeing your child for the first time.

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