Ultrasound

At long last the day of my ultrasound has arrived. I arrived to my appointment with a very full bladder and great hopes of how this ultrasound would turn out. It has been a few weeks since I have seen the baby as I no longer see Dr. Brody. I was taken back in an ultrasound room and a few minutes later David arrived. The tech started the ultrasound trying to get all the required measurements. She was having a hard time. Our little baby was facing toward my spine and was refusing to show her more than one arm and one leg. After a while another tech came in and took over the ultrasound. She took more measurements then asked me to go to the restroom and pee for 22 seconds. I guess my bladder was too full. After I did this I went back in and she tried to get more measurements. This tech was also having a hard time getting to the other arm and leg. The tech had me go to the bathroom again and this time pee for 20 seconds. I did this and once again went and laid back down so she could finish the ultrasound. Unfortunately my relieving myself a little did not produce the result the tech was hoping for. She had me stand by the side of the bad and do 25 toe touches. Do you know how hard it is for me a pregnant women to do toe touches. David and I were laughing so hard as I tried to accomplish 25 toe touches. Once accomplished the tech came back in to try again. Guess what, baby still had not moved. So off I go to the restroom again for the third time. This time I was told to pee for 10 seconds and do 25 more toe touches in the restroom. Once finished I went back in and laid down. Finally baby had turned so that the tech could finish the required measurements and also determine the sex of the baby. At this point we let Christy come into the room so she could see the "baby tour". The tech showed us the head, spine, arms, feet, heart, stomach, kidneys and last but not least we saw little MAN parts. That's right we are having a BOY!!!!!!!! We are so excited, we got exactly what we wanted. One not so great thing the ultrasound showed was that my placenta is only 2.6 centimeters away from the cervix. I get to have another ultrasound around 32 weeks to see if the placenta has moved. If it doesn't move it can cause complications with vaginal delivery. I am pretty sure that it will move. The placenta is also between the baby and my tummy fat and skin so the placenta stops me from feeling most of the babies movements.

David and I are so happy that the baby is healthy and that this pregnancy has gotten this far. We are so blessed with this little miracle.

I forgot to add that my little boy weighed 13 oz. And I wrote a little boy that went with flowers to tell our moms what the baby was. Here's the poem:

Trucks and trains

Blocks and cranes

Blackened eyes and skinned up knees

Blues and greens and slimy things

Oh the joy our boy will bring!