YAY!!!! I totally wanted a GIRL!!!! So, Friday we went to the ultrasound--I invited, of course, Jordan :) but also invited my mother and father in law, Lenore and Dan, to come and see! The room went dark and the ultrasound tech sat at the above "space age" ultrasound machine--the keyboard glowed white in the dark, it was cool, so I HAD to take a picture! It was great, although, if I were the ultrasound tech, after all the anatomy measuring was done, I'd say...like "drumroll time"...so are you ready to find out if it's a boy or a girl??? It was not like that. I mean, she asked us early on if we wanted to know and of course, since I've been practically unable to focus on ANYTHING else for the past month, I said YES (are you crazy??)... but then when it came time, it was just so "routine..." all the sudden she's like...ok well these three lines mean that it's a girl...totally nonchalant. It was interesting. We were all TOTALLY happy. I wanted a girl--not that I wouldn't have wanted a boy either--a healthy baby is just fine too :) I also have to say that Jordan told me the car later that he kept telling me it was a boy before this, mainly because he likes to get a rise out of me (of course! his main goal in LIFE!) but also so that if it were a boy, he'd be ok with the idea, because he really actually did want a girl TOO!
And she doesn't have a cleft pallet, spinabifita, and whatever else they checked for. They couldn't check for clubbed feet because, well, she was sitting on them. And for a while they couldn't see her face because her face was facing my back, instead of my chest, so that made it hard. Fortunately, she moved! And now, I have these cute pictures. I have to say, they're pretty easy to see--although it was funny--when the ultrasound tech was doing her thing, we were all like "HOW did you get KIDNEY from THAT??" I guess training is a good thing... (ps. I asked the tech if she's ever been wrong about the baby's gender...and she said she didn't know because it's not like people come back and tell her that she was wrong you know? BUT she was VERY SURE, as was the other doctor that came in, that it's a girl!)
Ah, and lest I leave this important piece of information out--the tech said that everyone says they "all look the same" in the womb, at least via the ultrasound, but she said that's not true. She remarked that our little girl looks "very cute" :) So, we're hoping for a CUTE one, or I'm sending her BACK! JUST KIDDING... (this one below is the heartbeat...) Oh, and they gave me a DVD of the whole thing, so pictures are just the beginning...
