We had our big 17 week ultrasound yesterday. As I mentioned before, I was more excited about finding out the baby's sex than I was about finding out the health & well-being. Turns out, she is healthy and developing as normally as a baby should! The tech took about 20 minutes measuring all the body parts, looking at the top of her head, her spine, her ribs. He didn't talk a lot while he was doing this, but did point out what we were looking at every once in awhile.
Finally he decided to try and show us her sex. She wouldn't cooperate at first. She was sitting on her bottom, at the bottom of the screen. So he pushed down on my stomach & shook her around, then had me move my hips all around so she would move. She finally moved just long enough for him to get a picture, looking between her legs from the bottom up. In case you hadn't figured it out yet-- it's a girl.
I had to take his word for it, though, because I had no idea what I was looking at. Once he explained it, I could see what he was talking about, and there was a good deal of certainty behind his explanation.We also heard her heartbeat, and did all the other typical stuff we do at dr.'s visits. Everything is developing great.
I think Brett is going to take a while to warm up to the idea of having girl, since he did want to have a boy. We are comforted by the fact that this won't be the only chance we have! I know he's still excited, especially since she is going to be healthy, but really-- what guy can claim pink as a favorite color?
So now it's time to begin the shopping! I already began our registry at both Baby's 'R Us and Walmart. I will have to go back later to add more things with Brett, but I had a blast looking at pink clothes! Of course, we will have to restrain ourselves, because there are way too many cute things for little girls!
Finally he decided to try and show us her sex. She wouldn't cooperate at first. She was sitting on her bottom, at the bottom of the screen. So he pushed down on my stomach & shook her around, then had me move my hips all around so she would move. She finally moved just long enough for him to get a picture, looking between her legs from the bottom up. In case you hadn't figured it out yet-- it's a girl.
I had to take his word for it, though, because I had no idea what I was looking at. Once he explained it, I could see what he was talking about, and there was a good deal of certainty behind his explanation.We also heard her heartbeat, and did all the other typical stuff we do at dr.'s visits. Everything is developing great.
I think Brett is going to take a while to warm up to the idea of having girl, since he did want to have a boy. We are comforted by the fact that this won't be the only chance we have! I know he's still excited, especially since she is going to be healthy, but really-- what guy can claim pink as a favorite color?
So now it's time to begin the shopping! I already began our registry at both Baby's 'R Us and Walmart. I will have to go back later to add more things with Brett, but I had a blast looking at pink clothes! Of course, we will have to restrain ourselves, because there are way too many cute things for little girls!
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