We had our 20 week appointment/ultrasound today and we were given nothing but GOOD news. Well it is 100% official...BABY V IS A BOY!!! The first image I saw in the u/s told me without a doubt that it is a boy ;) In retrospect, I think next time I'll wait until 20 weeks to ask about gender because the 'there's a 90% chance it's a boy' has been driving me nuts. I feel so relieved to know for sure that it's a boy. Woohoo, we don't have to return anything :) So bring on the blue!!!
Most importantly Baby V is growing and developing very well. My uterus is measuring right at 20 weeks and he weighs 13 oz which puts him a little ahead of schedule at 20 weeks 5 days. His heartbeat was 150 and we were able to clearly see all four chambers of the heart. We were able to have a 4D picture taken (4D is an u/s that allows us to clearly see the baby's facial features, etc.) BUT baby boy was being stubborn. He had his arms up around his head and he was facing my back so we couldn't get a clear view. Oh well! Just seeing him on the 2D u/s was everything I needed. Justin was even able to see him open and close his mouth and stick out his tongue!!! I, at the time, didn't know what the hell I was looking at ;)
Unfortunately, this will be the last time we get to see Baby V until his arrival.
In the meantime, Baby V has been and will hopefully continue to kick and punch up a storm much to his mother's delight. I felt a lot of movement in the lower part of my uterus this morning and I just assumed it was his feet but in the u/s his head was down so it looks like we may have a little boxer on our hands.
We were able to get some u/s pictures...
This one is a bit creepy. The machine is able to see through his eyelids and that is how you can so clearly see his actual eye. His hand is next to his face and I believe his torso is towards the left. J calls him our "Terminator" baby.
Here is a hand...
Again, another creepy eye picture with his torso to the left...
And here is a foot...
Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel — the length of a banana. (For the first 20 weeks, when a baby's legs are curled up against his torso and hard to measure, measurements are taken from the top of his head to his bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, he's measured from head to toe.)
He's swallowing more these days, which is good practice for his digestive system. He's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in his bowels, and you'll see it in his first soiled diaper (some babies pass meconium in the womb or during delivery).
Here I am at 20 Weeks...
This how far we have come in 10 weeks.
Lindsey
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