Well, we were supposed to find out the sex of the baby today. Supposed to. We have patiently waited for our ultrasound appointment and it finally arrived today. They got all the pictures the doctor needs; head size, femur size, heart and heartbeat, kidneys, spine. But none of the fun ones we wanted! They do a 4-D picture but it wouldn’t turn out because the baby wasn’t in the right position. Then when they went looking for “parts” it was inconclusive. The baby is just like its mother, shy. It had one leg curled and wouldn’t move them. To make matters more complicated the umbilical cord was right between the legs blocking what little view the baby was providing anyway. (We think the tech was leaning towards a girl, but there was really no way that it was anything more than a hunch). So instead of giving the baby a name, we’re still on fruits and vegetables. But the tech said everything looked good. One foot was about 3cm and the femur was 3.18cm and the heartbeat was 146. We can go back at 30 weeks to try the 4-D again. That’s 11 weeks from now! It seems like a long time, but I bet it flies by. In the meantime we got a fuzzy picture of a foot, the spine, and a halfway decent face profile (Cat thinks Mango has my nose). I’ll post those pics later.
