How cute is that little baby face? And she likes to bend herself in half with her feet above her head. That's just how she rolls. Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Drumroll, please!
Sorry that it's taken me so long to post, but Robert has been sick with something disgusting and awful for the past week and I just haven't had the time. He's sort of better today, but still has a long road in front of him. I'd elaborate, but it's kind of gross. Lets just say there's a lot of sterile gauze and antibiotics involved.
I went in for my level 2 ultrasound on Wednesday to make sure that the baby is OK. I guess I was mistaken in thinking that the 20 week ultrasound was just for finding out the gender of the baby. The tech told me that it's actually just to make sure the baby is developing properly and has all of its organs and limbs and what-not, and that being able to see the gender is secondary to all of the rest.
The tech was taking a lot of measurements and clicking and doing all sorts of stuff, but wasn't really telling me and Robert what she was looking at. I kept saying, "Is that a penis?" She kept telling me that it was just the cord, and that it had 3 vessels, so all was good. I started getting really impatient because a) I had to go to the bathroom really bad and b) I just wanted to know if it was a boy or a girl. She started saying things like "Here's your baby's brain," and I would say, "That's nice. Where are my baby's private parts?"
While the tech was not looking for the gender, we got to see some really cool things like the thigh bone and the heart and the kidneys and the chin and lips. Our little baby was hiding its face most of the time, but then at one point it moved both of its hands and we got to see its little face. We're not sure who it resembles yet.
I think our baby got tired of being poked and prodded, so it just turned onto its tummy and wouldn't let the tech see its gender. The tech had me get up and go to the bathroom and move around for a little while, and I also drank some chocolate milk, but the baby still wouldn't move for her. She then said, "You can come back next month and we can try again." I almost started to cry because I felt like I'd been waiting for this moment my whole life, or at least 20 weeks of my life, and then I was going to have to wait more. Luckily, the doctor came in and said that she would try to find the gender.
It took the doctor a little while, but she was able to get a butt shot. There was nothing between the legs, so she said that it was highly likely that we were having a girl. I asked "how likely," and she said, "90% because sometimes boys can hide." She did a little more prodding and then showed us what looked like labia. I hate that word, but whatever. So yeah, we're having a little girl!
We both were positive that we were having a boy, so I think we were both a little shocked at first. We'd spent so much time talking about boy names, and to be honest, it was getting a little hairy because my dad got involved and he was insisting on the name Lee Roy. He said it is very manly. So, I am grateful that we're having a girl because now I don't have to listen to my dad extol the virtues of Lee Roy. And girls are just so cute and fun. And you can dress them in pink and put stuff in their hair. And you won't get pee in your face when you change a girl diaper.
I wish I had some pictures to post, but the ones the tech gave us are so bad that you can't even identify what they are. One is supposed to be a face and the other is supposed to be the crotch, but honestly I can't tell one from the other. And that's a bad thing.
Maybe I can get her to take some better pictures next month. My blood pressure is still a concern, so I need to start seeing the perinatologist once a month and she will do an ultrasound every time. The funny thing is that when I record my blood pressure at home, it's never high. Just at the doctor. The perinatologist is assuming it's just because I am nervous, so she's not going to put me on medication, but my OB is freaking out about it and wants to put me on meds and bedrest right away. I'm not having any symptoms of preeclampsia, so the perinatologist just wants to keep an eye on me and she wants me to keep recording my BP at home. As long as it stays low at home and I don't have any symptoms of preeclampsia, she said I can just keep doing things normally. I hope it stays that way!
I went in for my level 2 ultrasound on Wednesday to make sure that the baby is OK. I guess I was mistaken in thinking that the 20 week ultrasound was just for finding out the gender of the baby. The tech told me that it's actually just to make sure the baby is developing properly and has all of its organs and limbs and what-not, and that being able to see the gender is secondary to all of the rest.
The tech was taking a lot of measurements and clicking and doing all sorts of stuff, but wasn't really telling me and Robert what she was looking at. I kept saying, "Is that a penis?" She kept telling me that it was just the cord, and that it had 3 vessels, so all was good. I started getting really impatient because a) I had to go to the bathroom really bad and b) I just wanted to know if it was a boy or a girl. She started saying things like "Here's your baby's brain," and I would say, "That's nice. Where are my baby's private parts?"
While the tech was not looking for the gender, we got to see some really cool things like the thigh bone and the heart and the kidneys and the chin and lips. Our little baby was hiding its face most of the time, but then at one point it moved both of its hands and we got to see its little face. We're not sure who it resembles yet.
I think our baby got tired of being poked and prodded, so it just turned onto its tummy and wouldn't let the tech see its gender. The tech had me get up and go to the bathroom and move around for a little while, and I also drank some chocolate milk, but the baby still wouldn't move for her. She then said, "You can come back next month and we can try again." I almost started to cry because I felt like I'd been waiting for this moment my whole life, or at least 20 weeks of my life, and then I was going to have to wait more. Luckily, the doctor came in and said that she would try to find the gender.
It took the doctor a little while, but she was able to get a butt shot. There was nothing between the legs, so she said that it was highly likely that we were having a girl. I asked "how likely," and she said, "90% because sometimes boys can hide." She did a little more prodding and then showed us what looked like labia. I hate that word, but whatever. So yeah, we're having a little girl!
We both were positive that we were having a boy, so I think we were both a little shocked at first. We'd spent so much time talking about boy names, and to be honest, it was getting a little hairy because my dad got involved and he was insisting on the name Lee Roy. He said it is very manly. So, I am grateful that we're having a girl because now I don't have to listen to my dad extol the virtues of Lee Roy. And girls are just so cute and fun. And you can dress them in pink and put stuff in their hair. And you won't get pee in your face when you change a girl diaper.
I wish I had some pictures to post, but the ones the tech gave us are so bad that you can't even identify what they are. One is supposed to be a face and the other is supposed to be the crotch, but honestly I can't tell one from the other. And that's a bad thing.
Maybe I can get her to take some better pictures next month. My blood pressure is still a concern, so I need to start seeing the perinatologist once a month and she will do an ultrasound every time. The funny thing is that when I record my blood pressure at home, it's never high. Just at the doctor. The perinatologist is assuming it's just because I am nervous, so she's not going to put me on medication, but my OB is freaking out about it and wants to put me on meds and bedrest right away. I'm not having any symptoms of preeclampsia, so the perinatologist just wants to keep an eye on me and she wants me to keep recording my BP at home. As long as it stays low at home and I don't have any symptoms of preeclampsia, she said I can just keep doing things normally. I hope it stays that way!
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