It's a Girl!!

We had our 20 week ultrasound today, and found out we’re having a little girl!! We went into the ultrasound room and the ultrasound technician checked with us right away to find out if we wanted to know the gender (which of course we did!) She started, found the heartbeat right away, and let us know it was at 147. Then right after that, she said “it’s a girl.” We didn’t even know what we were looking at, but she showed us the “three white dots” which normally show for a girl. I saw the white dots, but it was still a little confusing to look at because when I had looked at what the ultrasound might look like ahead of time, normally you can see the legs in the picture. Apparently, our little girl’s legs were up, kind of in a “v” toward her head, so you couldn’t see them in that picture at all. Anyway, it was really exciting for me, because I was kind of hoping for a girl, even though I would have been happy either way.  Travis is excited too, and also a little nervous, probably because I said something like “just because we’re having a girl doesn’t mean we have to do a pink princess theme…” haha. I think he’s thinking more along the lines of “pink camo” and “Barbie fishing poles.”

Everything else in the ultrasound and the rest of the appointment went well too. The baby looks healthy so far, and weighs 13 oz, based on the measurements taken today.  To date, I have gained 9 pounds, which feels like a lot, but really I’m right on track for 20 weeks and 4 days.  When I got on the scale today, I noticed that the numbers only go up to 50, and I asked the nurse “what happens when you reach 150, do you have to go on a different scale?” She said “Yeah we take you in the back room for fat people only.” For a second I believed her, but then she showed me they just move the bottom part of the scale (which is in 50 lb increments), and Travis made fun of me of course (a lot.)  They should know that I’m a little sensitive about my weight right now (even though I know it’s mostly baby, or at least that’s what I’m telling myself.)

So, here is a picture of our little girl. This is a profile picture, that also shows her foot in the air. Her head is on the left hand side (you can see her little nose facing up,) and her body on the right. Enjoy!!