04.01.10- Day 91

It's been a busy week so far, so I'm just getting around to posting about it all.
Monday: chores, errands, bought supplies for raised beds with Alan, girls' night at Grace's
Tuesday: Ultrasound, yoga, lunch date with Alan, built raised beds (with Alan's help), set up refugee's apartment, met about refugee family, met them at the airport
Wednesday: left for the hospital at 7:15 am, returned from the hospital at 5:15 pm, ran to pick up Alan's prescriptions and get groceries, taking care of my dear husband, watched Up in the Air
Thursday: prenatal massage, made Alan lunch, relaxed in the afternoon, picked up pizza and returned Up in the Air, dinner, relaxing evening

Baby!
We had another ultrasound scheduled to confirm the date we had from the last one (it was a portable machine and not as accurate as the ultrasound department's machines). We were confirmed to be a week ahead of what the other ultrasound said. So, we are officially 15 weeks, 1 day today. The baby is about 4 inches long and about 4 ounces with a heart rate of 164. It was so fun that they could see the baby through the abdominal ultrasound. My uterus is really starting to peak out. I can't believe that I'm already 4 and a 1/2 months pregnant! Here are some pictures of our baby. They are not as cute as seeing him/her live, but they are much better than the last ultrasound where we just had a little blob. You could see the baby's ribs, skull, brain, legs, arms, bones, fingertips, some facial features, and even it's moving mouth.
Here is a view from the side- crown to rump.

Here are the legs and feet (feet towards the left side of the screen).

Wonderful profile of the baby's head. You can see both of its hands up by its mouth too!

One arm reaching out.

Surgery- Alan's surgery went well, although it was a long day. I was so thankful that Kayleen (Alan's mom) came down to keep me company. I did get to spend a large part of the morning with Alan while he waited to go in to surgery. It turns out that his hip labral tear was much bigger than they thought initally from the MRI. The surgeon was able to repair it and also shave down a bone spur that had developed on his acetabulum. Thankfully, Alan is weight bearing as tolerated and will hopefully be able to return to work in 2-3 weeks (rather than 2 months) and return to exercise after 6 weeks. He was pretty groggy yesterday, but is doing great today! He has a little pain and it crutching around, but seems to be getting back to his old self.