Sunday, January 10, 2010

angle of the dangle?

so, there is this website that says you can sort of guess the gender of your baby (not 100%) in an early ultrasound by the angle of their little nub. At this point, boys and girls pretty much look the same, but they say that the angle that it points (which is very slight) can help you make a guess. Scroll all the way to the bottom to see the comparison pics and compare to mine. Give me a guess because I can't tell.
http://www.baby2see.com/gender/external_genitals.html

11 week appt

So, on Jan 5th I had my LONG awaited appointment to listen to the babys heartbeat. I had been looking forward to that do sooo much because I had gone over every horrible scenario in my head that the baby was no longer alive. Being on the prometrium, even if the baby quit growing at some point, I would not bleed or miscarry. The only way I would know is to find no heartbeat. So, I was making myself CRAZY with worry. I haven't really been "showing" a whole lot and I know it's still early, but many people I know were showing at this point, and I wasn't having a whole lot of pregnancy symptoms, and I had convinced myself that the little bit of nausea I was having was simply caused by the prometrium. So, I had prepared myself for the worst and on Tuesday I was a WRECK! Someone give this girl a xanax (oh wait I'm pregnant). I was so anxious the whole day. I couldn't focus or sit still and when I got into the doctor my BP was up and my heart was racing. The doctor tried to find the heartbeat on doppler and we kept hearing mine and almost confusing it with the babys because it was so fast. We couldn't find it, but my doctor reassured me everything is fine and that my uterus is just backwards, so it's hard to hear. So, we went for a sono and there it was... our precious little baby kicking and waving its arms. The heart was beating 175 bpm and it was actually measuring 11 wks 5 days, but I'm not sure if that officially changes my due date or not. What an overachiever! That's my baby :)
Words could not express the relief I felt. I burst into tears when I heard that heartbeat. I am so grateful to God for giving me this wonderful miracle. Now, I can't wait for my next sono on March 3rd to find out if it's a boy or a girl. Here are some pics of our little one.