Baby on The Movie Screen

It never gets old seeing my little baby on the screen. On Tuesday we had our anatomy scan ultrasound which basically means a really long ultrasound where they are checking and measuring every part of the body from the head to the nose and lips to the kidneys and liver. For the most part it was pretty boring because you can't tell what the heck you are looking at. Mom and Troy went with me. Mom got to hear the heart beat for the first time from the ultrasound machine and watch it at the same time. Heart beat was 144 beats per minute.

Baby girl with her hands up by her chin.

We got to confirm that our little bean in my belly is a baby girl. We kind of already knew this from my 14 week ultrasound I got at some random clinic in Costa Mesa but it was nice to hear the confirmation since she is bigger and more fully developed now.

This is supposed to be the gender shot... I don't see anything...

I was on the table for an hour and half while the technician kept going back and forth. She was trying to get some shot of the heart and the baby and/or I would not cooperate so she made me go to the bathroom twice, walk around the room, lay on my side and cough. It was quite a sight to be seen.

Today I have my next OB appointment and I am eager to hear that I have finally gained some weight (shocking and almost too difficult to even write) and to see if he has the results of the ultrasound yet. Ultrasounds usually are calming for me so I can see the baby move, see the heart beat and know that everything is going as planned. With this ultrasound I am a little more worried. What if the ultrasound revealed that something is wrong with her? What if her legs are too short, she has club feet, clef lip, her heart is enlarged or her brain is not developing on schedule? I suppose I will never be reassured until I finally get to hold her in my arms and count her fingers and toes myself. Speaking of toes... 

See the 2 feet with the freakishly long toes?

Maybe she has flat feet like her father. Maybe she will have tiny feet with high arches like me. I can't wait to hold her.

Grandma and Grandpa got her a crib for Christmas. We haven't put it up yet.  We still need to get a mattress and empty the room since we used it as our storage room to make room for Christmas. We are trying to decide on other furniture and where everything is going to go and fit in the room. So much planning to do. It makes me giddy inside!

20 weeks and half way cooked tomorrow. Can't wait to see what she gets as her Grandma gift tomorrow.