Ultrasound!

Chris made sure to take off time to come to the ultrasound and I'm so grateful that he did! We were taken back into the room where the ultrasound was done and the first image to pop up on the screen was our little baby! I was so shocked at how big the baby was! We were just hitting 20 weeks and the baby bump I had just didn't feel like one. I still felt tiny and thought the baby must be tiny, too! I was very wrong--our baby already had moving and functioning legs and arms, a spine, and it was hiccuping! I couldn't feel it, but it was so cute watching its little body jump with each one!

Usually this is the ultrasound where they tell you the gender, but Chris and I opted not to find out. We wanted to be surprised and I knew that if we found out, that it would take the fun out of the birth. There's something fun about waiting for Christmas to open your presents!

The ultrasound tech allowed us to see some 3-D pictures of our little baby before doing the exam. We were thrilled and relieved to hear that everything was there, nothing looked out of the ordinary, and that the next thing we had to worry about was teenage years and a college fund. That was promising! Overall, the exam was quick (15min).

The best moments were seeing our baby's face and how much its cheeks resembled mine and when Chris pressed down on a part of my tummy and on the screen, he was touching the baby's hand! Both moments were priceless and made me excited to see our baby when it would come in February. On the screen as we were finishing up, the tech typed out, "See you in February!" And my heart sunk a little bit--February was still 4.5 months away and I had so much fun glimpsing our little baby on the screen. I really couldn't wait to be a new mommy now!

Here is the vote on what gender we each think the baby is:
Chris: Girl
Stephanie: Boy

Who will win???

September Appointment

I had two special appointments in the month of September. First was my prenatal exam on September 14, 2011 where I also took my first glucose test.

The glucose test wasn't anything that I expected it to be. So many people complained about the fasting being so long, the drink being disgusting, and then having to wait an hour/three hours for the test. For my test, I had to fast at midnight and came in at 8:30 to have my first blood draw. Then I drank the sugary orange drink (which was cold, so it tasted delicious!) and then I had my kindle to pass the rest of the time away. Two hours really went by fast and soon I was on my way. I also had my prenatal exam where I got to hear my baby's heartbeat again and I reported that I was starting to feel some movement, although not too much. Maybe a bump here and there. This was my third appointment without my husband and at this point, I decided that he needed to be at all of my appointments. I watched another couple filling out paperwork together and it made me feel really sad that that wasn't Chris and me doing paperwork together.

That's it! The husband must come!