The past couple of weeks I have been a bundle of nerves. All leading up to today. The day we found out what the sex of our little bean is.
I feel like I am a good 5 inches rounder and as I found out today, 5 pounds heavier!
We had an 8:15am appointment with the ultra sound tech and sure enough, we were up, dressed and ready to go at 7:15am. Needless to say,we were filled with even more anticipation when the time came for me to lay on the bed and have a mountain of gel squirted onto my abdomen. I had day dreamed of this moment so many times. In my day dream she would put the ultra sound gizmo to my stomach and say "Congratulation, you are having a ______". Instead she put the gizmo to my stomach and zoomed in on the femur and cranium for measurements. I didn't even know what I was looking at! It was in such a strange position I couldn't even tell what was what. When the time came to FINALLY see the sex of the baby we discovered that it was straddling the placenta and we couldn't even see what was down there! Oh no!
Luckily we had a kind hearted tech who suggested we go to our other mid-wife appointment and come back in a few minutes to see if the baby will have moved by then.
The second go around was a much better success. She didn't do any zooming on bones or other bits she got straight to the point and we found out that we are going to be proud parents of a little boy.
I am so excited. I am imaging what a beautiful blue eyed boy he is going to be. Mike has been all smiles all day about it. He not so secretly wanted a boy all along.
Even though we don't have any names picked out and we are still avoiding the conversation about snipping or not snipping this is a glorious day!
It should also be known that everything else looks very healthy on the little lad. He has a healthy heart, head, two arm, two legs, and spine. I must admit, I was a little nervous we would get a look at the baby and it would have two heads or fins or something. Whew, in the clear.
I just had to post this amazing photo of Mike as a kid. This is how I imagine our future son... Bad Ass.
The photo looks kind of creepy I know.
I feel like I am a good 5 inches rounder and as I found out today, 5 pounds heavier!
We had an 8:15am appointment with the ultra sound tech and sure enough, we were up, dressed and ready to go at 7:15am. Needless to say,we were filled with even more anticipation when the time came for me to lay on the bed and have a mountain of gel squirted onto my abdomen. I had day dreamed of this moment so many times. In my day dream she would put the ultra sound gizmo to my stomach and say "Congratulation, you are having a ______". Instead she put the gizmo to my stomach and zoomed in on the femur and cranium for measurements. I didn't even know what I was looking at! It was in such a strange position I couldn't even tell what was what. When the time came to FINALLY see the sex of the baby we discovered that it was straddling the placenta and we couldn't even see what was down there! Oh no!
Luckily we had a kind hearted tech who suggested we go to our other mid-wife appointment and come back in a few minutes to see if the baby will have moved by then.
The second go around was a much better success. She didn't do any zooming on bones or other bits she got straight to the point and we found out that we are going to be proud parents of a little boy.
I am so excited. I am imaging what a beautiful blue eyed boy he is going to be. Mike has been all smiles all day about it. He not so secretly wanted a boy all along.
Even though we don't have any names picked out and we are still avoiding the conversation about snipping or not snipping this is a glorious day!
It should also be known that everything else looks very healthy on the little lad. He has a healthy heart, head, two arm, two legs, and spine. I must admit, I was a little nervous we would get a look at the baby and it would have two heads or fins or something. Whew, in the clear.
I just had to post this amazing photo of Mike as a kid. This is how I imagine our future son... Bad Ass.
20 Weeks and going strong!
Here he is!
It turns out we have a baby who is moving all the time. He wouldn't stay still for a clear shot but of all the photos printed, this one was probably the closest to a human as possible.
I'm so happy to see this picture even if it's not the clearest shot, it's my grandson! I hope he looks like Mike too, a handsome, little, darling boy. This grandmother is super excited!!!!
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