Boy, oh, Boy!

By now you have probably heard that we are having a BOY! I must already have this little one pegged, because I KNEW in my bones that it was a boy. And he was not shy about confirming my suspicions, either! We had just started the sonogram, and I was mid-sentence talking to the ultrasound tech when she interrupted me and said "WOW, you are definitely having a boy!" and then kept making jokes about what a proud little boy he was, etc. Photographic evidence is below; see the middle sono pic for the proof!

All in all, we didn't get to see a whole lot of the little babe. The ultrasound tech seemed like she was very to-the-point... nice, but not really one to play around. I asked if she could do the 3D/4D scan, and she said she could but she wasn't going to because it would freak me out to see how skinny my baby looked. Apparently babies look very scrawny until 26-28 weeks. I convinced her to do it for just a second, but the baby was moving SO FAST and OFTEN that it was hard to tell what we were looking at. The tech mentioned how much the baby was moving. So out of the five ultrasounds I have had, four times the technician/doctor has made a comment about how the baby was unusually active. The only time he wasn't bouncing around was before he had arms and legs!

We did get to see two tiny, sweet feet with beautiful toes, the mouth (which looked like Brad's) and the nose, which looks more like Brad's than mine (but really looks like neither of ours, exactly). I know he'll change a lot between now and 37-40 weeks, but it's so fun to feel like I'm peering int a window of who that little boy is!

The baby weighs just under a pound -- exactly what he's supposed to weigh at 20 weeks -- and is as healthy as can be. No signs of any abnormalities (other than possibly hyperactivity -- just kidding :). Placenta is in the best possible place, umbilical cord looks fantastic, brain, kidneys, bones, heart - all ideal. My weight gain is right on track too. I was a little worried at the number I have been seeing on the scale, but the doctor encouraged me and said he wants me to give nutrition classes to his other patients (haha). Obviously, we like Dr. Norwood!

We got a video, which I may try to put online later. It's just that you can't really tell what you're looking at, and the tech kept forgetting to hit "record."

Sadly, this may be the last glimpse we get of Baby G before he enters our lives in the flesh! Unless there's a medical reason to do another one, insurance won't cover it. I'm not sure I can go 20 more weeks without a peek at that little punkin, so I may think about paying out of pocket. But maybe not. Babies are 'spensive.

Now on to the nursery and the registery! EEEEEEEE!