This morning we went to the clinic for our ultrasound. This baby moved more during the ultrasound than any of our other babies. I couldn't believe how much the baby was moving. We took the whole family, and Una was the only who was watching the screen and asking questions. She was the only of the children who could see the baby and understand where the baby's body parts are. She kept asking to see the baby's nose; I have no idea why she was obsessed with the nose.
At any rate, it was good to see the baby and know that everything is going well. Nothing to be worried about. The baby was eating amniotic fluid the whole time, so the baby's stomach was full. We also saw the four-chamber heart, and everything looks good there too. I asked about coarctation of the aorta (because my brother had that), and the doctor said that we'd have to wait until after the baby is born and then they'd be able to do a heart echo to be sure. Which, won't happen until December, I guess. Yes, they changed my due date. Originally, I was due November 29th (which is really close to December anyway), but the ultrasound measured the baby at 19 weeks 6 days, instead of 21 weeks and 6 days. The doctor said that unless the discrepancy is less than 10 days, they change the due date. I remember the same thing happened with Tres ... and we started labor according to the original due date, and I think he was early because of the white stuff on him. So, anyway, my new due date is December 12 ... which puts this baby and Cuatro almost exactly three years apart.
I'm sure you're all wondering if we found out whether we're having a boy or a girl. Well, originally we were going to wait. Then, we decided because the girls wanted to know, that we'd find out. And, for the first time, our baby decided to be a little modest. For a while the baby's legs were wide open, but the baby's foot was in the way and we couldn't tell if it was a boy or girl. Near the end of the ultrasound, the baby's foot moved, and we still couldn't tell because of the umbilical cord! Argh! But, the sonographer did give us a guess .... he said it was only 90% acurate because of the umbilical cord .... he thought that the baby is a .... girl. Needless to say, Una has been so excited. The entire drive home she was singing, "I'm gonna have a baby sister!" Dos was pretty excited, but she and her brothers weren't really paying attention, so Tres and Cuatro don't have a clue what the big deal is. I'm not as sure about the baby being a girl as Una because we got two pictures and in the one picture we really can't see much because of the umbilical cord. So, we'll see!
This morning we went to the clinic for our ultrasound. This baby moved more during the ultrasound than any of our other babies. I couldn't believe how much the baby was moving. We took the whole family, and Una was the only who was watching the screen and asking questions. She was the only of the children who could see the baby and understand where the baby's body parts are. She kept asking to see the baby's nose; I have no idea why she was obsessed with the nose.
At any rate, it was good to see the baby and know that everything is going well. Nothing to be worried about. The baby was eating amniotic fluid the whole time, so the baby's stomach was full. We also saw the four-chamber heart, and everything looks good there too. I asked about coarctation of the aorta (because my brother had that), and the doctor said that we'd have to wait until after the baby is born and then they'd be able to do a heart echo to be sure. Which, won't happen until December, I guess. Yes, they changed my due date. Originally, I was due November 29th (which is really close to December anyway), but the ultrasound measured the baby at 19 weeks 6 days, instead of 21 weeks and 6 days. The doctor said that unless the discrepancy is less than 10 days, they change the due date. I remember the same thing happened with Tres ... and we started labor according to the original due date, and I think he was early because of the white stuff on him. So, anyway, my new due date is December 12 ... which puts this baby and Cuatro almost exactly three years apart.
I'm sure you're all wondering if we found out whether we're having a boy or a girl. Well, originally we were going to wait. Then, we decided because the girls wanted to know, that we'd find out. And, for the first time, our baby decided to be a little modest. For a while the baby's legs were wide open, but the baby's foot was in the way and we couldn't tell if it was a boy or girl. Near the end of the ultrasound, the baby's foot moved, and we still couldn't tell because of the umbilical cord! Argh! But, the sonographer did give us a guess .... he said it was only 90% acurate because of the umbilical cord .... he thought that the baby is a .... girl. Needless to say, Una has been so excited. The entire drive home she was singing, "I'm gonna have a baby sister!" Dos was pretty excited, but she and her brothers weren't really paying attention, so Tres and Cuatro don't have a clue what the big deal is. I'm not as sure about the baby being a girl as Una because we got two pictures and in the one picture we really can't see much because of the umbilical cord. So, we'll see!
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I hope your pregnancy continues to go well!!
Andrew looks so sweet holding the baby.
I'm so excited to see you...yeah, one week from today.