BOY!

That’s right, another little man for me I am excited and Scott is excited. My Cassidy was a bit disappointed – she’d been campaigning hard for a sister. But the ultrasound tech gave her some “baby photos” all for her and I think that helped. We went out on Saturday, just she and I, to do some shopping and she picked an item out for the baby and that got her very excited as well. I think she’ll be ok, especially once the baby is here and she’ll be able to help. She’ll actually be quite a bit of a help because she’s so much older now than when Asher and Brennan were born, and able to do so much more.

Our ultrasound was an extremely pleasant experience. I’d gone back and forth over and over trying to decide if I wanted one. I don’t feel that routine ultrasound is really necessary, and there have been some questions about the safety of ultrasound. There hasn’t been solid proof either way. I knew that Scott would like to find out the baby’s sex but in the end he was content to leave the choice up to me.

I decided I would really like to have it done (though I did waver almost up to the last minute!) – and that I’d be sensible and wait until we could get the most information from the scan. It wouldn’t change my mind about the pregnancy (I would not elect a termination based on results from an ultrasound) – but I thought it would be good to be informed.

Our technician was very warm and helpful. She explained everything we were seeing and everything she was doing. She pointed out a lot of little details to us – like the bridge of the baby’s nose! We got lots of high-quality pictures and a video recording of the scan too.

Overall a great experience. We have a sweet and healthy baby boy. I was awed during the scan (and watching the video again…and again ) to see just how perfect our little baby is already. 10 tiny fingers and 10 tiny toes there already. A perfect little beating heart. Just amazing. Breathtaking. Fearfully and wonderfully made

Now that’s always something I love to do – talk about their births.  I remember them so clearly.  I don’t always remember the amount of pain involved, but I remember the experiences.  And I remember how much each of them weighed and how joyful it was to have them in my arms at last.

But anyways, I digress!  My midwife checked on the baby.  I’m measuring about a week ahead but all looks very good.  The baby was literally curled in a ball near the top of my uterus and my midwife was able to cup her hand around his/her body.  That was really cool.  We got the kids gathered around and listened to the baby’s heartbeat.  That is always something I love.  It was a good appointment and I’m liking my midwife a lot.

This week I had an appointment with my family doctor to chat about the pregnancy.  Since we moved recently and she’s new to me (and me to her) it was nice to get to sit and talk.  I’m really impressed with the doctor’s office.  I’ve been impressed since the first time I went in – to take the kids in for their annual checkups.

Scott and I would like to get an ultrasound done to find out the baby’s sex and to check the baby over.  I don’t really feel it necessary from a health perspective because it’s not going to change my mind about continuing my pregnancy.  But we really want to know the baby’s sex and so we decided to time an ultrasound to when we’d get the most information about the baby.

My family doctor does the ultrasound referral so we talked about that some and she got it set up for me.  I’m super, super excited.  Even giddy, as Scott can tell you   It’s exciting to think of seeing my baby and knowing if baby is a boy or girl.  I’ve gone back and forth this time over if I want to be surprised or not and I really think I’d like to know and so would Scott.  And it will finally put an end to the kids going back and forth about “the baby is a GIRL!”  “no, the baby is a BOY!”  So it shouldn’t be too much longer before I make that all exciting gender announcement about the baby (baby willing to show the goods of course) – stay tuned for an update :p