Wow. That was just incredible! We got to see so much of our little baby. We got to see every perfect little thing. The spine. The brain. The heart. The umbilical cord. The kidneys. Two hands (with fingers!). Two feet. Two arms.
The very first thing we saw when the doctor turned on the ultrasound machine was two legs. At once. Which meant we were also looking in between them. Apparently our little one wasn't feeling too shy! Once she told us those were legs, we looked a bit closer. And saw...not much. She then pointed out the three lines. And that the thing we saw in between the legs was an umbilical cord. Not a penis. And she just completely non-chalantly said, "You've got yourself a little girl." Holy crap, I don't think it sunk in. Both DH and I said, "Did you just say what I think you said?" She did. Wow. A girl. We're both completely in shock as we'd convinced ourselves it was going to be a little boy!
We got to see the face from the front and see the adorable little chubby cheeks on her (her mom's). We also got to see the chin, which DH also swears is mine. She's laying in there in the pike position--folded completely in half--her legs and arms were right next to each other. The placenta looked great and is nowhere near being in a previa position, so that's good news. We got to see her little heart beating at 144 bpm and saw her brain. She showed us the three parts of the umbilical cord and that the blood was moving through it correctly. She showed us the kidneys and we even got a great view of the spine and all those vertebra! Everything measured good. Her overall size is measuring two days ahead (8/1/09--DH's grandma's birthday, actually), but they won't move the due date just based on that yet. Maybe when we get closer.
It still hasn't sunk in, 8 hours later. A girl. A healthy, beautiful little girl!
A girl. Tampons. Boyfriends. Prom dresses. A wedding.
Yes, we were getting ahead of ourselves, but it's a bit hard not to! A girl.
Wow. A girl. It looks like you, blog readers, as a whole, were wrong! The vote ended up 19 for boy and 11 for girl.
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I was waiting for this post over on the nest and I don't know if I missed it or what... Anyway, I can't believe you are having a baby girl! What great news is that AND it's Monday... all this means is it's going to be a great week! Not that we would've been more excited about a boy but it's fun to know now! :)
Congrats on being on Team Pink! :)
Again, Congratulations on your little girl :)
Congratulations on your little girl!! I'm so glad she's healthy! :o)
YAY!!! I am so happy for you guys!! Welcome to team pink!
I am so, so happy and excited for you and Chris!!
Congratulations!! How very exciting.
I"m still stunned! I was for sure she was a he....
I'm betting she has Daddy wrapped around her little finger already, doesn't she?
Congrats!!!
Yeah for girls!!! They make so much more cute outfits for girls anyway. Congrats!
Yay! Congrats on it being a girl! :)
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