Well, we had our 20 week ultrasound a week ago today (tomorrow I'll be 21 weeks...time is actually going pretty fast). The ultrasound tech, with whom I'm on a first name basis since that was my SIXTH ultrasound in this pregnancy, was great as she usually is and she pointed out all sorts of interesting bits of anatomy; this is the upper lip, this is the femur, this is the spine, which was all quite neat really. Throughout this time though there's always part of me going 'holy moly there's a PERSON inside of me! A person with a beating heart and a full bladder apparently!' Its a very odd sensation to know that and over the past week or so the movements of the child have changed from flutterings and bubblings to a weird grinding sensation that is distinctly unpleasant but continues to reinforce that strange feeling of 'there's a person in me'. (At least I'm assuming that this sensation is the fetus moving, has anyone else had that grinding feeling?)
The ultrasound was long since she was scanning all the kid's little parts and I find it quite uncomfortable in general but Paul was holding my hand and we were so excited waiting to hear the gender. The tech showed us how the baby had its little legs neatly crossed at the ankle so there was no way to see its wee bits - the crossed legs were pretty awesome though too, it looked so cute. So she started jiggling the transducer (is that what its called? I think so) on my belly to get baby to move and baby did not want to show itself. She jiggled and jiggled and it did not feel good and she kept jiggling more. Finally she suggested that I lie on my side. This was okay except that I couldn't see the monitor so I didn't know what was happening. Paul squeezed my hand and was quiet for a second and then we had the following conversation:
Him - There it is.
Me - There what is? What?
Him - It.
Me - WHAT? WHAT WHAT WHAT!?
Ultrasound Tech - Yup, its a boy.
Me - *bursts into tears*
Him - Is that bad? Are you sad? Is that okay? Are you sad crying?
Me - No, I'm not sad crying.
Paul - That's our _______. (I'm not telling the name at least yet)
Me - *cries harder*
It was a great moment and the scan was perfect, all of his parts are in place and in good shape so far. I would like to post the ultrasound pictures but I scanned them and they are very grainy - to the point that you may not even really be able to see them. I'll try on another scanner and see what I can do. In the meantime, 19 weeks to go til we meet our son.
7 comments:
How awesome! I'm so excited for you! I'm having a boy too. I think it'll be fun raising a son. Congratulations!
Technically speaking, that was his hoo-hoo. I have a house full of hoo-hoos. But always room for one more grandson in my life! There's a strange thing -- my youngest sister asked me once why I had two children; could there be enough love inside to spread around? I told her that our mom and dad had seven and she was #6, so if there wasn't enough love to spread around, where would she be? So she had one child. Auntie Julie. Each and every child, grandchild, niece, nephew, you name it, is loved for its individualness and uniqueness. And I'm so happy for you guys!!! But tell me what I can bring down next week so I can go shopping! Love, Mom2 And God bless you guys for naming him Jedediah, which is the name Dad always wanted for a son of his -- and now he'll have that name in a grandson! (JUST MAJORLY JOKING ABOUT THAT!!!)))
Congratulations! I haven't checked in for so long now...I was surprised you were pregnant! Oops...I'm gonna have to pop over more often...
So happy to hear things look great, and man, little boys are so much fun. I'm so incredibly happy for you. Can't wait to hear his name.
Yay! Congratulations! :)
Boys are awesome and I know from which I speak. You are going to be up to your eyeballs in babyclothes because I plan to pass on the good karma that Jenna passed on to me when Drew was a wee babe.
Thanks for all the well wishes, guys :)
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