Introducing The Newest Bridger

Now that everyone has kind of settled into their new year we thought it would be interesting/cool/completely-freak-out-ish for everyone to see some of the cool things that we’ve been doing with the pregnancy. First up – the ultrasound.

Here’s a picture of the exam itself. They make the father wait out in the waiting room while the mother has the exam with the technician. During the exam the screen is turned away from the mother so only the tech can see the screen – supposedly to give the tech a chance to work and gather the data required at the exam. Well it seems that our little one was either shy or stubborn. Knowing myself and Alisa, either is totally possible. But the typical 45 minute exam turned into 1.5 hours of waiting for me. I was starting to wonder if maybe some kind of black hole had occurred in the exam room, and a temporal shift had slid into existence for a brief nanosecond. Or something … whatever it was, it was the longest 90 minutes of my life thus far.

And during the exam we got to see this image, and several like it. In fact we got to see it in real time – including the beating heart and the moving limbs. My actually looking at the screen was a surprise for Alisa as I hadn’t planned on looking. Ask me about it some time if you’re interested. Anyhow, here are the stills they provided us with. Click for a larger version. A better res is available if anyone is interested.

Next time we’ll wow you with some pictures of how Alisa’s been growing in all the right ways.