Precious Child
20 Weeks- and I feel great!
November 29th- (My dad's 60th birthday)-- The family loaded up in the van for our twenty week ultrasound. I was eager for the kids to see their little brother or sister and share in our excitement. What I learned early into the ultrasound that as much as I want my children to be involved in every moment of special events-- sometimes it's best to just do things with my husband. I will say that even though the stress of the Brayden opening every drawer in the room and the kids fighting over the tablet we brought to document this amazing moment-- I left my appointment feeling incredibly blessed and finding it nearly perfect.
We started with our child's precious little head and face. We learned quickly that I prefer to carry my children abnormally and this time was no different. Little Banana (at 20 weeks) was face down and breech. He or She was so low that we could barely see the face. This was probably the most difficult moment for me because I was looking forward to most seeing and studying my child's face. I did get moments of seeing cute little pouty lips and at one moment I saw the baby try to wave high and suck it's sweet perfect little thumb. As the technician continued to ultrasound we witnessed the baby with it's little legs crossed at the ankles relaxed just like Brayden and daddy sit. I LOVED it and our technician got a great picture!
I absolutely loved our technician and found her very thorough. She talked us through each minute of the ultrasound explaining what she was doing and why. We have a beautiful healthy little one. Because my children tuck and hide the technician wasn't able to view the spine or some of the heart so she asked me to come in later that day for a 2nd ultrasound to finish the anatomy scan. This excited me because I was hopeful for some great shots of my little one to show of to family and friends later that evening.
At my 2nd ultrasound, my little banana completely moved but didn't make it easier on the technician. She unfortunately still couldn't view the heart easily and couldn't get any profile shots since my child was now laying on his or her little belly. It made me laugh to know that this child is going to be much like Ruthie and Brayden. I left my appointment with another scheduled ultrasound in a few weeks. Hopefully the baby cooperates and I can get some fun pictures to share with you all!
Interesting Fact- my little child is all Stube (from what we can tell) the baby is measuring much bigger then 20 weeks. The technician measured our childs femur and it's long for a 20 week child :) 1 week and 2 days longer! :)
One funny little tid bit- we decided not to find out the gender of our little baby but out of the entire scan-- the way the baby was positioned that was one thing the technician would have been able to enlighten us with. :)
Our Families Predictions:
Daddy- Girl
Mommy- Boy
Ruthie- Girl
Brayden- Baby!
This pregnancy is flying by now that I'm not hugging the toilet and craving water instead of avoiding it. Ruthie is very excited to be a big sister again and she cannot wait for April to find out if she's indeed having a little sister like she predicts she is. She hasn't not wavered on the gender but has changed her soon to be sister's name a few times: Kaylynn, Percy, Molly, and now Emily.
Little Legs Crossed
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