Okay- here's my happy report! First, let me say that it is amazing to think that this life is being created, because getting pregnant was a long road for us- we tried for 18 months with a stint of ovarian cyst issues, and being put back on the pill...so this is so amazing to me! That it happened, and that it's all going well! DH and I are 18 weeks along with our first, and yesterday was my third sonogram. The first two sonos were unexpected as you may remember (#1 was because I was spotting early on, and #2 was because the doppler couldn't pick up a heartbeat at week 12) Both of those showed that all was fine.
So yesterday was the big official one- she (the tech) methodically found all kinds of important organs- kidneys, a four-chambered heart, a well developing brain, a three-chambered umbilical cord, a big, well-placed placenta, and ten fingers and ten toes! She took pictures of the upper and lower arms and legs- everything is there! And my blood test (AFP) that screened for spina bifida and Down's Syndrome was negative- normal! THAT was great to hear.
And then she got an image of the baby's bottom, and stopped there and asked if we wanted to know (she had asked us ahead of time as well) and we said yes again, and she said it's a girl! We were floored! A tiny, eight inch long, perfect "beautiful" (as she said!) little girl! It was amazing. The little thing is so cute- she was moving around, crossing and uncrossing her ankles, wriggling her shoulders, and then at the end she even waved at us! I think I'm in love...
And by the way yes, this is consistent with that Chinese calendar, which I had mentally "poo-poo'd" because I was so goshdarn sure this was a boy! Just goes to show ya!
Lisa
So yesterday was the big official one- she (the tech) methodically found all kinds of important organs- kidneys, a four-chambered heart, a well developing brain, a three-chambered umbilical cord, a big, well-placed placenta, and ten fingers and ten toes! She took pictures of the upper and lower arms and legs- everything is there! And my blood test (AFP) that screened for spina bifida and Down's Syndrome was negative- normal! THAT was great to hear.
And then she got an image of the baby's bottom, and stopped there and asked if we wanted to know (she had asked us ahead of time as well) and we said yes again, and she said it's a girl! We were floored! A tiny, eight inch long, perfect "beautiful" (as she said!) little girl! It was amazing. The little thing is so cute- she was moving around, crossing and uncrossing her ankles, wriggling her shoulders, and then at the end she even waved at us! I think I'm in love...
And by the way yes, this is consistent with that Chinese calendar, which I had mentally "poo-poo'd" because I was so goshdarn sure this was a boy! Just goes to show ya!
Lisa
