We had our (approximately) 18 week appointment last Monday the 27th to check on the little one and FINALLY find out the sex. I know 18 weeks is even early to find that out, but again, I'm impatient.
I was a little anxious for this appointment because in the last ultrasound we had (around 8.5 weeks) the baby just looked like a peanut. A cute peanut, but just a peanut nonetheless. So, we hadn't seen any arms or legs or fingers or toes yet. I was a little worried it could be missing one of those, or God forbid, something worse.
However, the human body is amazing, and mine has done a great job growing this little one. We went into the ultrasound room and Dave got to watch as the tech did the actual important part of that process, making sure all the organs were there and where they were supposed to be, and making sure that everything was measuring correctly. Good news, nothing crazy going on there.
I didn't really get to see any of this, which kind of sucked, but Dave said he couldn't really tell what he was looking at anyways, so I'm sure I didn't miss too much. After all of that was done, she turned the screen around and moved Dave to the other side of the room so we could both see at the same time. She let us watch the baby flip around for a while, and pointed out all the important things like the head, spine, legs, arms, etc. which was super fun to see. Even though I can't quite feel it yet, this little one is ACTIVE.
Then she kind of paused the ultrasound, and started typing on the screen "IT'S A" and then said, now please don't get any tattoos, or paint a nursery, or cut tags off of clothes, BUT and then added "BOY" to the end of her sentence. Dave and I were SHOCKED. Honestly, we both REALLY wanted to have a boy first (both of us always wanted to have big brothers growing up) but were pretty positive that it was a girl. Why you ask? Who knows. We had both just thought that from the day we found out I was pregnant.
Whatever. Mother's intuition is totally wrong and I am NOT mad about it. Clearly, we would have loved to have a healthy little girl as well - but we are completely THRILLED that it's a boy. We were both SO excited, and asked her if she was sure probably 6 or 7 times. Which is probably why we got 6 or 7 ultrasound pictures including that part of his anatomy.
So yes, we have some names we like. No, we haven't picked one. And no, I'm not allowed to tell even if we do. We'll probably pick a few of our faves, and then wait until he's born to see which one strikes us as best for him. Though the planner in me wants to pick one and paint letters for the nursery wall, I like the idea of waiting to meet him first.
So there you have it. The latest Baby Yar update. We could not be more excited to meet our little boy in July!
