Here's another one of the face.
So…the appt. Well, I’ve heard you should drink OJ or chocolate milk (just have sugar) before you go in if you want to make sure your LO (little one) cooperates with the anatomy scan. So, my appt was at 2pm. I drank about 12 oz of OJ and had a cookie around 1:30 to 1:45 (and normally I don't even need anything because the LO kicks me A LOT!) Unfortunately, my dr's office was running very late and we didn’t get seen until 2:50! Of course, right?! This has never happened before, we usually get in within 5 min or so but this has to be the time that this happens, especially when my parents were with us. So the u/s tech is doing her job and she knew we wanted to know the sex. About 25 minutes into it she was done seeing if all organs were there, etc, and everything looked good. However, the LO wouldn’t uncross their legs! We waited a few more minutes with her poking my stomach with the wand but nothing! I was a little disappointed at first but I was more worried about the baby being healthy then knowing the details of the sex, so I can’t complain. I think I was more disappointed because my parents were there and it didn’t happen.
In the meantime, the u/s tech says I need another u/s in 4 weeks because of a low lying placenta. With placenta previa, if the placenta doesn’t move up from the cervix, a c-section is the only alternative. Now, both my doctor and the u/s tech told me it usually moves up and we have plenty of time for this to happen so I shouldn’t worry yet, and I’m not. Even if I have a c-section I won’t be crushed as long as the baby is healthy. And the good news is, I get to have an u/s every four weeks until the placenta moves up (or until birth), so I at least have another opportunity to find out the sex. My next u/s is August 4th. Even if the LO still decides to not cooperate on August 4th, we’re going to do a 3d/4d one at the end of August. And even if they don’t cooperate then, I guess we’ll just wait until their birth!
I’m going to start to get things ready as far as the big purchases…crib, stroller, changing table, etc. I just wanted to try to get girlie or boy themed things but I’ll hold off for that stuff for now. I waited so long to get stuff to find out the sex but I just don’t want to wait anymore. For certain big ticket items, it doesn’t matter though. We wanted to paint the room in August in either a boy or girl color but we may have to either hold off on that too or just do it neutral. We’ll just have to wait and see.
The dr also said the baby is measuring in the low end of the normal range, which is perfectly fine. He said if I were to continue on with this rate, the baby would be around 6 ½ lbs at delivery, which is perfectly ok with me, and the dr said it was fine too. I was only 5 1/2 lbs and I turned out ok! :) That being said, I’m already up 14 lbs…14 LBS!!! My dr said it was still in the normal range but geez! My normal range is 25-35 lbs and I swore I’d stay around 25. I'm half way there today (20 wks). I think my body is hoarding food though, so not quite sure why the baby is on the small side but I don’t care as long as s/he's healthy.
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