It's (going to be) a...BOY!!!!

Today was the day for the fetal anatomy sonogram when we could find out if Giblet was a boy or girl. From the beginning of my pregnancy, I was convinced that Giblet was a boy but this would give us the answer (or so we hoped). Mark and I thought though that the baby might not cooperate and that it would be mooning us the entire time. But Giblet was very well behaved (for 97%) of the sonogram.
Our wait was short this time and the sonographer asked us if we wanted to know the sex. We answered "yes" and we got started. The sonographer started at the head and brain and she worked her way down, checking out the arms, hands, fingers (5 on both hands), stomach, umbilical cord, legs, feet, and toes (5 on both feet). I noticed something when the sonographer got to the legs and she mentioned that she saw the sex of the baby. I said, that I thought I saw too, that it was a boy. She said "you saw right." The baby's little bits n' pieces were as big as day on the screen.

"Censored for privacy :)"
The last part of the sonogram was to check the heart. The sonographer was able to get three of the four views but the left side proved impossible because the baby didn't want to turn over. She and the doctor on call checked the images and said everything looks good though.
Mark and I are really excited that the baby looks healthy. Now we get to start thinking of names, picking out blue items and starting to work on the nursery. But all that will wait until we return from our "babymoon" in Bermuda.
In the meantime, here is another picture of our beautiful baby boy.

Feeling the baby kick! (Susan)

Mark and I were just watching some TV this afternoon when I felt some twitches. I felt about 4 of them and I said Mark I'm feeling something weird. He put his hand on my stomach and felt one of the weird twitches too. We think it's the baby kicking or hiccuping. COOL!
The interesting thing is that when I look at info on the Internet, it seems like I'm feeling the baby earlier than normal. We can't wait to see what is growing in there in two weeks.

Third OB Appointment - June 13, 2008 (Susan)

It's Friday the 13th but that proved to be lucky for us today. There was almost no waiting to see Dr. V. for this morning's appointment and we had a great visit. Dr. V. gave us the results for the neural tube defect blood test. Everything came out well and there were no problems. I told her I had felt the baby moving around but not too much since last Friday. She said this was pretty normal since the baby is still small and it depends on how it's positioned. Then we all listened to the baby's heartbeat which was beating "strong" she said. All seems to be progressing well.
We have our fetal anatomy sonogram in two weeks and (fingers crossed) we'll find out the baby's sex. COOL!

Feeling the baby move! (Susan)

It's happened a few times already and today quite a bit. I'm feeling bubbles and they aren't air. It's the baby moving around! It started a few weeks ago and I wasn't completely sure but after the past few days, I would say this baby is quite active.