Our doctors appointment Monday was fine. I have finally accepted the fact that I will be getting weighed every time and will continue to gain weight so my blood pressure was nice and low this visit :) Routine OB visits are not the most exciting but I am so thankful that my visits are routine and we aren't having any issues that need to be discussed. Our ultrasound appointment today was far more exciting!!! we got confirmation that it is, indeed, a baby GIRL! I was SO pumped for this visit but kind of nervous that some little boy parts were going to pop up. Andy reassured me that he now knew it was a girl and he was right :) She was measuring perfectly. At this ultrasound they measure arm/leg bones, abdominal circumference, head, brain and tons of other stuff. She was measuring 20w to 20w3d on everything...except her head!! Her head circumference was 21w and her little cerebellum was 21w2d. Andrew initially thought this might be a good thing... big head, big brain?! umm... unless you're the one pushing the head out! ;)
We were so amazed at the weird position she was contorted in... baby girl is super flexible! And she always has one arm up by her head which is how I sleep :) When the doctor came in she said she was watching the monitors and that our baby had such cute ears... I said, what does that mean?! are they big?!! She laughed and assured me that no, they were just cute but I don't believe her. I'm sure I will probably agree they are the cutest ears ever no matter how large and floppy they may be ;)
At the very end of our appointment, the tech said she'd try to get us a couple of the 4d images and they turned out so neat! She said they aren't the best at this age because they don't have a ton of fat on their faces but we thought they were pretty amazing.
I'm confident now that what I've been feeling is baby moving :) I just wasn't sure at first but I know that's what it is and it is so cool. I'm excited for her to keep growing so Andy can feel more too!
It's been a pretty exciting week and I'm seriously looking forward to finishing OB tomorrow! The residents/attendings have all been super nice but I am not going to miss scrubbing into a surgery for the rest of my life :) I'm headed to Etown next week for my family medicine rotation. It will be so nice to see the fam but weird not to see Andy every night! And I have a feeling I am going to grow a lot this month... it will be up to Olivia to take the perfect weekly picture! I'm planning on buying one of those belly bands this weekend and some super long tanktops. I am starting to feel pretty uncomfortable in my clothes and have been spoiled with all the scrubs I've been wearing this month.
Here's some ultrasound pictures as well as our weekly update :)
Yes, that's her leg stretched up in front of her face!
Frontal view
Thought this was so cool... hoping she got the long, lean leg gene from her dad :)
How far along: 20
Total Weight Gain: 8... next week we'll change this to what maternity clothes I'm rocking ;)
Stretchmarks: None, but I can feel my belly starting to get itchy
Sleep: like a rock
Best Moment This Week: baby moving and our ultrasound!!
Movement: Yes!
Gender: Baby girl!!
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button: In... Olivia told me she's going to Band-aid my belly button in whenever it becomes an outtie :(
What I Miss: nothing :)
What I am Looking Forward to: The weekend of freedom between rotations
Belly Button: In... Olivia told me she's going to Band-aid my belly button in whenever it becomes an outtie :(
What I Miss: nothing :)
What I am Looking Forward to: The weekend of freedom between rotations
Milestones: She is the length of a banana!!! And still about the size of a mango :)
No comments:
Post a Comment