We just got in from the Doctor's visit and have nothing but good news! The best news of all being that I only gained 4 lbs from the last visit! haha! I was expecting to see more like a 10lb weight gain, so 4 was a relief! I also love the fact that the office has the dads wait in the waiting area until after all the "weighing in" is over with!
During the sonogram the baby was very uncooperative and I had to cough several times along with changing positions to get this little one to be in the right position for the measurements that needed to be made. Everyone said this baby has a very skinny neck, which is a great thing in this case and puts us at a very low risk for Down Syndrome. They measured his heartbeat at 165, which is perfect. We even got to see him/her have a case of the hiccups during one part of the sonogram. The facial features resemble an alien and the sonographer had to assure ET that it wont stay like that, and that the baby just doesn't have any fat on him/her yet. She even measured him a week ahead of my due date in size, which may eventually put us back at my original due date of 12-5! I knew all that food was going to some greater good! We have our next office appt in 4 weeks and then our next sono at around 18 weeks. We will know for sure if its a boy/girl at that point.
This little one seems to be left hand dominant already! it held up its left hand during the entire sono. Not a big surprise to his left handed parents though... The spine looked good and we could see the 2 halves of his brain. It had long skinny arms and legs as well.
The top picture is what we lovingly refer to as our alien baby pic. the baby is looking right at the screen. The second pic is a profile pic and you can see his left hand up there hanging out by his/her head.
We were given a DVD of the entire sonogram but I'm having difficulty uploading it to the site. Check back soon to see if I accomplished my task.
Love you all
Lovely belly pics, you look gorgeous! I arrived on your blog randomly and I really like your posts and your pics aswell! I'm a mum of a little boy called Marlow and I really enjoy reading other mummy stories online. Have you picked a name for baby yet? The name you pick for your baby should be as unique as they are. I rememer I spent a lot of time chilling out choosing my baby names. Here a great link http://www.bounty.com/babynames/ Let us know how it's going!! Jo and her little Marlow
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