He's was about 140z when these were done on 4/16/09. The ultrasound showed a strong heart, 2 working kidneys because there was pee in his bladder, and a tummy full of amniotic fluid so he's swallowing. For the first 45 minutes of the appointment he had his hands over his face and legs crossed tightly at the knee so we couldn't see anything! She kept going back to check and still, her was tightly clamped and wouldn't give up the goods. We did see that his lip is fully formed so no hair-lip. He was positioned with his head up and feet down which is why my belly is so high up right now. I knew he was like that because I was feeling a lot of movement down at my waist band and everytime I bent over his head was knocking the air out of me. He has lots of room to move around in there right now and I feel him all the time. I have an anterior placenta and our umbilical cord looks good.
He ended up falling over to the right side and the tech was having a hard time getting a good view of his kidneys so she had me roll to my left a little. She panned back over to the crossed legs and while hovering there he shift and opened them right up to reveal his penis! Yay!! The tech was like "there is it" and Man-Meat says "there what is?" So she circled it to make no mistake that he is definitely a boy. We were also then able to get the good profile shots after he moved. He was sucking his thumb then he moved his hand up to his forehead. He had his little thumb out the whole time, like thumbs-up! It was all amazing to see. I can't believe that that is inside my right now.
He moves around all the time. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and he's moving around. Most of the movement is still really far down at my waist band. Speaking of that, I was able to button my pants completely on Sunday. Weird! I haven't been able to do that for two weeks, then all of a sudden I could. He must have been way up there. It is weird how that can change daily.
I had a follow up appointment on Friday after the ultrasound. I weigh 134 now, so I've gained 7 lbs. That is about a pound a week since my last appointment so I'm right on schedule. My belly is measured from my belly button is the correct size. I didn't have to do any blood work this time so it was a quick trip. We listened to the heart beat again. All very standard and normal. I hope things keep going as smoothly as this!
I ordered a crib today. We ended up getting a mini crib because we are tight on space with the nursery in the bedroom. I would love to have T move out and use that second room. It is the perfect size to be a nursery. I could paint it and get a full size crib and toy bin and everything. Even a changing table! For now though I can't have any of that. As it is my good buds bought us a glider and ottoman so we had to find a spot in our room for that too. If I got a full sized crib it would come all the way up against our bed and I wouldn't be able to get around it. The mini is about half the width. T is going to be great to have in the house after he's born and she's said multiple times that she can be out by the time he's born, but I'm so at odds with that. I want her to be there, but I want some space too. I'm glad I finally just bought the crib, that is one load off. Now I'm still stressing about a stroller. Do I or don't I? I could just wait until spring. I don't really see myself pushing a stroller around in the snow. I'd rather carry him so he stays warm if I go out at all. Then there is the question of what to carry him around in. There are a ton of different kinds of slings, wraps, snugglies, and carriers. Times like this I wish I lived somewhere will more resources. I only have two places to shop, Fred Meyers and Walmart. Everything else has to be gotten online. I really wanted to have a dinosaur theme, but I can't find squat for dinosaurs! I think I'm going to bypass a themed nursery and get basic blue stuff since I have to get mini-crib sheets and all. They don't make themed mini-crib bedding. I'm going to have at least one quilt that I know of. So if I really want dinosaurs I can make a dinosaur quilt and use it with the regular blue bedding. FYI porta-crib bedding should fit my crib.
That's all for now!
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