We had our 16week 4day appointment today, and we got to do another ultrasound! I'll start out by saying "No - we do not know the sex of the baby yet", but it was so neat seeing our little one flipping around. The appointment was for measuring and doppler, but I used my sweet voice and got Dr. Gayle to go ahead and take a peak. After 20 minutes of ultrasound time, still no luck... baby Langham was a little too shy to show his/her privates. Dr. Gayle tried three different times, but still no luck. Looks like we're not suppose to know yet!
Despite that, Dr. Gayle did a full ultrasound so we could see everything else. We could see.... the stomach which means no swallowing atresia or fistula problems, 4 chamber heart which means no septal defects or valve disorders, ocular lens which means eyes developed properly, counted the extremity bones so no malformations there, looked at fingers and toes which means no webbing, umbilical cord connected properly with two arteries and a vein which means oxygen and nutrients are flowing properly, and lips and gums showed no cleft lip or palate. So to sum it all up, so far everything looks great! We had already decided we'd do the quad screen (bloodwork) today just for precautions, but it made me feel good to know Dr. Gayle isn't too worried about that coming back with any problems after seeing the ultrasound. Hopefully everything will continue to go great!
Throughout this whole "evaluation" as baby moved around and changed positions constantly, he kept looking to see if just maybe we could see some private parts, but no luck. Baby loved leaving the umbilical cord between its legs. Jay and I LOVED seeing baby Langham move around all over the place. Dr. Gayle kept laughing because the little booger wouldn't stay still. He/she finally went into a sleep cycle, but that only lasted a few minutes. It was very entertaining! I've posted all three ultrasound pics from today -- the top one is a close-up, the middle is my favorite, and the bottom one is baby sucking his/her thumb. Isn't that neat?!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Shy baby
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The pics are so cute!! I'm just so excited for you and Jay! Glad to hear things are going well...can't wait to find out if the little one is a boy or a girl!!
I am so glad everything went well at the ultrasound today!! And don't worry, u will know soon enough whether its a boy or girl Langham!
When the little one starts moving..you are going to say "Why did I ever invite that Bear to lunch"...............
I am so glad Baby Langham didn't inherit webbed toes from gdaddy Ron. Not that it is a bad thing...EXCEPT if baby is a girl it would surely make wearing flip flops a problem. And she has to have flip flops!! In every color, with beads, without, leather, plastic, cloth, flat,wedged, casual,dressy.....not to mention how difficult it would be to have a pedicure!! They couldn't get those seperators between the toes!!
Congrats! I showed Madeline the ultrasound pictures and told her, "this is your second cousin!". She's in a phase where when she sees any child, she points and SCREAMS 'BABY'! She's not so sure of her second cousin, though - thought real hard and shook her head 'no'. We'll have to come visit to convince her!
Hope you enjoy your pregnancy. Mine was a tough one but I LOVED it! Never fit into maternity clothes until after she was born! My bump was too small and then it just got huge (really really really huge), but the rest of me didn't. The bump bands were fab - a fashion life saver!
Hope you're enjoying every moment!
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