19 Week Ultra Sound

What a big day it was! I have to admit I was nervous all day. In the end everything was great! We have had another doctor's visit where both myself and the baby were give a clean bill of health. We did the big ultra sound today and everything looked great. The brain, heart, spine, face, and stomach were all perfect! The baby is very active and seemed to always be moving. Every time a hand or foot would come in perfect view, it would move again just as quickly. This made it very difficult to get pictures, but we were able to get some good ones. The baby also seemed to always be moving its mouth. We would watch it open and close as well as take a drink. This kind of looked like fish lips!

And for the big reveal......it's a girl! We were very excited. Robert is already thinking ahead to how spoiled this little girl will be, and in the far future of when boys start coming over! I have to admit, the baby was not the most cooperative when it came to trying to find out if this baby was a boy or a girl. The ultra sound tech worked hard and getting the baby to change positions and even had me roll over to see if that helped. In the end, she didn't get the perfect look that she was hoping for, but the lack of body parts is what made her say girl. She even gave it a 95-99% chance that this little one is a girl. So we are pretty confident that we will be the proud parents of a beautiful, healthy, baby girl. Let the fun start of cleaning out the baby's room, painting, decorating, and of course shopping!!! Here are some of the pictures from today.

A good look at the spine

Profile view. Mouth is open and you can see the heart. If I remember right, that big weird looking thing is the umbilical cord.

One of my favorite! This is her little foot!!!