The BIG u/s appointment!

Well, I already shared one of the most exciting parts of the appointment from thursday (May 17) - It's a girl! We are thrilled!

The other great thing... everything looks healthy and is measuring just as it should. Brain looks good. Heart looks good - that was awesome because you could actually see all 4 chambers and even the valves working! Richie really liked seeing that. Kidneys and bladder are working. Umbilical cord has good blood flow.

We got 4 great pictures (3 profiles and 1 leg/foot) - I'll work on uploading them this weekend.

We went into the room with Renee (the u/s tech) and when she first put the wand on my belly - one of the first things we saw was crossed legs. It was so cool how you could see each and every body part so clearly! I was a little worried at that point that because her legs were crossed that we might not get to tell the gender... but Renee kept taking measurements - baby's head measures 4.5cm across. Baby is currently breech (head up, butt/legs down) - but she still has lots of time and lots of room in there so hopefully she'll turn around before October! Then Renee tried getting pictures of baby's belly and kidneys - but my bladder was too full and it was hurting me so I went and emptied out and came back and we got much better pictures.

Baby girl was moving all around - kept putting her legs up by her face. At one point we could even see her opening her mouth :)

After Renee had the measurements she needed, she said to us "Are you going to find out what it is?" and my response was "Are you going to tell us what it is?" Without hesitation she said "It's a girl!" ... She already had the baby girl parts on the screen, but it didn't look like girl (or boy) parts to me or Richie. She said there are 3 little dots which represent girl parts - and there was definitely a lack of boy parts ... so she was really sure it's a girl. She didn't give us a percentage though - everyone keeps asking "how sure was she?" ...

Then Richie and I waited about another hour before seeing the doctor. He just looked at the pictures really quick and said everything looks healthy. Asked if we had any questions and sent us on our way. The doctor also cleared me to continue seeing the midwives since I've had no complications :)

I did find out my placenta is posterior (by my back) so that's probably why I can feel lots of movement this early on :) Oh - one other thing about my placenta - they said that it's low, but not over my cervix. They didn't sound too worried though because as I grow, it'll move up.

Current weight: 139#
Weight gain since last appointment: 4#
Total weight gain: 7#
BP: great! 108/sixty something

Next appointment: June 14th at 3:30 with Kate (midwife)...she's the only one we haven't seen and lots of people really like her!