Tuesday, November 29, 2011

4th Ultrasound @ 18w4d (Nov 28, 2011)

This was the scan we'd been waiting for for what seemed like forever! We finally got to find out we are having a little BOY!

The anatomy scan went great. The tech was in a good mood and even though Bun-Bun started out in breech position, she got him to move around and cooperate so she could check everything out. Was neat to see her navigate along and label things like "kidneys"..."diaphragm"..."4-ch heart" etc. I was just glad SHE could tell what she was looking at cos it was all greek to me ;)

Then near the VERY end of the scan she got to the goods and she told us she wouldn't tell us if she wasn't 100% sure and there it was...

Was cool near the end of the scan as he decided he would yawn a bit. So precious. Looking much more like a baby now!

We told my family and close friends right away, but Ryan wants to do the cake reveal over the weekend when we have his family over for dinner on Sunday. They will probably be SLIGHTLY disappointed only because his family is pretty much filled with boys haha.

Heart rate was 150 bpm and I have gained a total of 6 pounds, which they said is great and to keep doing what I'm doing. Yay!

We are just so happy that everything looked healthy and normal. We don't get another ultrasound I guess so really glad we got some great pics to last us til we meet him! The next appt is on Dec 27 for weigh-in, bp and urine. I feel like time may really start flying now haha.

Monday, November 7, 2011

15 Week Checkup

So I went to the OB today (15wk4d) for a regular checkup. It was pretty quick. All they did was:

-have me pee in a cup
-take my blood pressure
-weigh me (up 2.6 lbs total)
-measure my belly (measuring "right on target")
-go over my first trimester screening results (lowest percentile for downs or the trisomys)

Everything is going well so far...let's hope it stays that way.

The definite highlight was hearing Bun-bun's heartbeat again. This time a steady 158bpm!

To recap heartrates so far:

170 @ 11 wks
179 @ 9 wks
162 @ 7 wks

Now if that anatomy scan would just hurry up and get here. November 28 still feels way too far away!