It's A Girl!!

We had our "big" ultrasound today and found out that we have a gorgeous healthy baby girl. All of her organs were in good shape (we even got to see the different chambers of her heart), she was measuring right on schedule with my due date, and she weighs all of 11 oz. She was being very active during the ultrasound, which enabled the tech to get some great shots of her. She even got what looked like hiccups once! The doctor said she is breach right now, but that she has plenty of time before birth to get turned around.

Here are some pics. The orangey ones are the 4D ultrasound pics. They are really cool. You can really see her face in those. In the other ones, she looks a little skeleton-like, but that's because she has very transparent skin and no fat on her body yet.















Here she has her arm up in front of her face.
















Here she's got her hand to her mouth. Jim says she looks like she could be praying. :)
















She looks like she's checking her watch in this one!
















Awesome shot of her face.
















The arrow points to her "girl" parts. Her little baby butt cheeks are facing us. Too cute!
















She looks like a skeleton here, but don't worry, she is more than just bones!

There are a few more pics on my Picasa page: http://picasaweb.google.com/aseleener/BabyGirlRoemke

Thanks to all of you for your prayers for a healthy baby. Things are looking great so far. My doctor actually does another ultrasound later on so we will get to see her again before birth!

And now that we know she is a girl, I don't have to change the color scheme of the blog!

The Sweetest Sound

We had our second prenatal appointment today. Nothing too exciting, but we did get to hear our little one's heartbeat. Not quite as thrilling as seeing the heart beat, but it was pretty great. The doctor said it was in the mid-150s, which I guess is pretty normal. And she said that I should be able to start feeling Baby move on a regular basis in the next four weeks or so. Yay!

We scheduled our "big" ultrasound for Monday, October 15. If Baby cooperates, we'll be able to see if it's Baby Boy Roemke or Baby Girl Roemke. We can't wait to find out. Early predictions are leaning towards girl, but we'll be thrilled either way. Check back here for the results!

Hope everyone is having a great fall.

Baby's First Picture

This is our baby! A little explanantion: the large circle you see at the top is not Baby's head, that's the gestational sac that delivers nutrients to the baby until the placenta forms. Just below that is our baby. We got to see it's tiny heart beating away like crazy! It was awesome. And the measurements line up exactly with the due date we had been going by--March 5, 2008. So everything is right on track. What a wonderful experience, seeing your baby's heart beat for the first time. We have been so blessed. Thanks to everyone for keeping us and Baby in your prayers.

Our One Flesh

"'Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."
-Matthew 19:5b-6

God made us, male and female, for more than sex or mutual edification. He made us to glorify Him by becoming one. It is a great joy for us to be blessed with this unique and blessed unity that God gives especially within the context of holy matrimony. May He, in His loving-kindness, complete the work of knitting our child together, that we may bring the baby to the blessed and renewing waters for new life and regeneration in the death and resurrection of Christ!