Luckily, Joey was able to get off work early today to come with me to the appointments! We picked the big kids up early from school and then dropped all 3 off with our friend to babysit (otherwise we ran the risk of the appointment taking too long and missing the kids' bus).
Did routine stuff: weight (+3 pounds this month! Ack!); blood pressure (122/72); and urine sample (no protein). Then off to the ultrasound we go! We had a really nice tech this time, and she asked first thing if we were going to find out the gender. We said yes, and didn't mention that we already knew it because I wanted to be sure she saw the same thing without having a hint of what we were previously told!
She did all kinds of measurements: femurs, kidneys, brain, stomach, etc. She wasn't able to get measurements on the heart because of the position the baby was laying in AND she kept moving too much (oops, soda before ultrasound was a bad idea I guess lol). So we get a repeat ultrasound in 2 weeks to get those heart measurements!
Then came the gender part- she went for the "potty shot" and very, very quickly and without a doubt said "Baby is a girl!" YAY! I looked at Joey and he was grinning! I told the tech that we had an ultrasound weeks prior and at first had been told boy and then girl so I was worried she had been wrong! Whew, a ton of weight off my shoulders now- I can go back into shopping mode! ;)
Joey said he saw the baby's profile as the girl was looking around and she definitely has his nose. "The curse," is what he referred to it as! lol I saw that she definitely has my chin (the same one as my sister, nephew, and my son Chase have), and she's got really long legs and a chubby little belly! Her heart rate was great (140s), I think I saw her trying to suck her thumb too. I have a small (15mm) fibroid on the left side of my uterus but it's absolutely nothing to worry about. :) The tech didn't get the best pictures because the baby was just moving so much! She promised me at the next ultrasound she will try to get a good view of her face for me... and I won't be drinking caffeine before!
Prenatal appointment afterwards went well too- we met with the Nurse Practitioner today and she was very friendly! She went over the ultrasound and confirmed that everything looked normal, and that the heart did too but they need the measurements and that's why I have to come back. We pretty much had no questions, just filled her in on my seizure medication adjustment. She listened to the baby with the doppler (140s again), even though she had a hard time finding her! She kept pushing away from the doppler, silly girl. ;)
I go back on 4/7 for the next ultrasound so I will update then!
Here are the pictures I got today:
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| Face (see! my chin!) |
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| Confirmation that she is 100% girl!! <3 |
