Our April 19th Appointment

We were anticipating this appointment knowing that we would more than likely experience the baby's heartbeat. The baby had grown to 6mm, which doesn't seem like much, but now the baby is visible. And sure enough, we actually could see the baby's heartbeat (Just visual; no audio yet)! Alright, picture clarification time. You can see the gestational sac in the upper left-hand corner. Inside you see (excuse us for this descriptor) a snail-like shape. The upper right part of that shape is the baby. The rest of that circle is called the yolk sac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolk_sac) which provides nourishment to the baby during the earlier stages. Now that the baby is visible, Dr. Lisa could give us a more probable due date: December 10th. (Although our friend, Steve deWeber, says that ultimately, the baby decides when they want to arrive) After the appointment, Rachel had some blood work done and our day was complete.

Our April 6th Appointment

Our first visit to the doctor was pretty much just a confirmation that we read the "+/-" on the home preganacy test correctly. As you can tell by the sonogram, it was really too early to tell much of anything. You can see the gestation sac. That is where the baby is, although you cannot see the baby at all. Again, too early for that. By Dr. Lisa's best guess, she thinks the due date will be around November 27th. Although there wasn't much to tell them, we were excited to call our family and share this news (This was not the "Breaking News Report" to them; we had told them the Saturday before [3/31]).

A Blog To Communicate

With family and friends across the map, we felt that a blog might be a great way to keep everyone updated with news and pictures concerning our family. While the original intent was for the approaching arrival of the newest Reynolds family member, anything news-worthy (as determined by us, not necessarily you the readers -- sorry) will probably by found posted here. We hope this is both helpful and enjoyable.

A Note For Clarity:
Both Rachel and Eric are writing these entries; therefore, "we" is used because "we" are posting together. However, there may be times where Rachel has specific thoughts to post or Eric has nonsense to express. We will clarify who is writing in those cases.