On Tuesday the 1st of December we went to my monthly check-up.  I am 19 weeks now and everything was going good…my weight was good (I’ve only gained back 5 of my 8lbs that I lost when I was so sick), my blood pressure was good, my appetite is back and the baby’s heartbeat sounded good.  It was a really good appointment and the Doctor was pleased with my check-up.  Then…the much anticiapted part of the appointment….the scheduling of my 20 week ultrasound.  The place we get the ultrasounds done at only does ultrasounds on Tuesdays and Wednesdays…I just knew we were going to have to wait a week to find out what we were having.  Then…the doctor said…you know what…you can schedule it any time.  She said I was thin enough that we would definitely be able to see everything.  So…I was able to schedule the ultrasound for the next day.  I was so excited and relieved.  I’m not sure I could have waited another week to find out.  So…we went to the lab next door and scheduled the appointment.

The next day, at 1:45 pm we had our Ultrasound.  Our ultrasound techs name was Bob.  We had him for our very first ultrasound here in IN.  He was very nice.  The first shot we got our of baby was the butt, legs and feet.  The kid was laying horizontal across my abdomen.  Even though one of our first images was where we could find out what it was…he didn’t say a word and continued to examine the areas required in this ultrasound.  We saw the 4 chambers of the heart, the brain, legs, arms, profile, abdomen, etc.  When it came time to view the kidneys, spine, etc.  The baby wouldn’t cooperate and turn it’s back towards us so we could see those, due to the kid being stubborn.  (This is not a good sign…I sense a strong willed child coming.)  As we continued looking at all of the parts of our baby’s body…he took some measurements.  Come to find out…our kid is getting even further ahead.  I was at 19 weeks 5 days when we had the ultrasound.  The baby measured at 20 weeks 6 days.  The first ultrasounds the baby was measuring right on time with my due date…but at the last two the kid has measured big.  And…the kid is already weighing at about 14 oz.  Apparently this is also bigger than normal.  If this kid ends up being huge…I’m not going to be happy.

Then, it came time to look for the genitalia.  My prayers were answered because the kid did cooperate for this.  Bob zoomed in really close right in the center of the legs.  He examined it…we stared (we had no idea what we were looking for or what we were actually looking at)!  Then he verified that we wanted to know and he said…

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You can hear the live announcement at the link above.  But….if you can’t wait…..
It was a Girl!!!  Yes we were staring at her labia…to put into technical terms.  Yes…I know….these are not 100%…but it wasn’t like he just didn’t see anything, he specifically described the female anatomy and pointed out everything that we could see.  So…I will keep all my receipts just in case…but at this point I will refer to the baby as a her…unless she comes out otherwise. You can can here the most recent heartbeat at:

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You can also see some pics from the ultrasound…one of my favs is of her feet.  They are getting so big.  It was truly a great day!  I was just so glad that we finally knew what the baby’s gender was…I was tired of calling her an it, baby or the kid.  Now… she is our daughter.

Just so you know…we are not telling the name until she gets here…so don’t bother trying to get it out of us. 

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