Ultrasound update!

As you all know, I had my ultrasound this morning. It was amazing! Heather went with me and we were oohing and ahhing and I'm sure I had the biggest grin on my face the whole time. The tech had her own monitor and then there was a 2nd monitor hanging from the ceiling that Heather and I were able to watch.

She said the baby looked perfectly healthy and from what she could see we don't have anything to worry about. The baby is right on track for my due date and she guessed the weight to be about 14 ounces. The heart rate was 156 which is right in the middle of the typical 150-160 range it has always been in. The head was resting on my bladder and the feet were at my belly button. I knew the baby was growing, but I guess I was shocked s/he was stretched out so far!

I was amazed at what we were able to see. Some things I could see clearly and others we had to ask her to point out again. The tech was really sweet and told us everything she was looking for and what she was measuring each time she took a measurement.

Our little one loved having his/her hands tucked right beside his/her face. The right hand was in a fist directly in front of the face almost the entire time. The tech had to work pretty hard to get the baby to move it's hand. We could see all the tiny knuckles, but she just wanted to make sure the baby could open and close it's fingers. She'd push a little harder on my tummy and the baby would just push right back at her~ just like a little boxer :) It was really cute! We only got a glimpse of the face from the front a few times, but she was able to get a pretty good view of the profile.

She wasn't sure she was going to be able to tell the gender for a good portion of the ultrasound. Our little one had it's legs held tightly together. She turned off our monitor whenever she was measuring the thigh or lower abdomen area just so we couldn't peek. She tried several times to see the gender and finally our little one cooperated!

Don't worry, I promise I won't peek in the envelope! I printed out a little "It's a boy!" and a little "It's a girl!" when I got home on Sunday night to take to the appointment. I gave both to our tech at the end of our appointment. The correct one was folded into the middle of several sheets of paper and tightly sealed. As if that wasn't enough, our tech layered on some tape for good measure :)

I'm still at work right now, but I'll add some pictures tonight when I get home. The quality isn't as clear as what we saw on the screen so I'll do the best I can. Trust me though, our little one is super cute already! :)

The tech wrote a little note for daddy! :)



The baby's profile. The dark spot in the chest is the baby's heart.



A cute little leg!



We might have a thumb sucker on our hands :)



The baby's eyes aren't supposed to be open yet so I'm not sure what to think of this one, lol. You can see the baby's right hand beside it's cheek and the left hand is blocking 1/2 of the face.



We have a few more pictures, but the are sealed tight in the envelope. We'll definitely be sharing those just as soon as we can!