Wow! I can't believe that today has already come and gone! I spent weeks counting down the days and now its already over!
For those who don't know I had my big ultrasound today! I kept waking up randomly throughout the night because I was just so excited and poor Andy didn't go to bed until almost 6 in the morning! I woke up and got him to come to bed but I think he would've been okay staying up.
So our appointment was at 10:15 am and we invited Andy's mom to come. I thought she would enjoy getting to see her grandbaby up on the screen and we could all experience seeing this little man for the first time!
So I went in by myself first because the u/s tech wanted to get all the official shots out of the way for the doctor. She pointed the screen away so I couldn't see anything but I'm glad because I wanted to be able to see our baby with Andy there. When she got all of her shots done and finished inspecting she went back out and got Andy and his mom.
Finally she turned the screen our way and we all got to look and see little baby Kirk! It was probably the coolest thing to date! Finally getting to see whats actually going on in there! That there is a baby in there! Watching him move around! WOW!
First the u/s tech went over everything she had taken pictures of and started from the head. She went over everything and she pointed out the eyes and ears and mouth, worked her way and talked about the neck. When she got to the chest she pointed out the baby's heart and we could see all the chambers just beating away! She pointed out the stomach and kidneys and bladder. Also showed us the spine and his little butt.
I personally was dying of anticipation of her going over the nether regions to tell us if he was a boy or girl. When she finally did she showed just a quick shot and said based on everything she saw that she was 80% sure that he was a boy!
I'd like to think that that is very good odds and she never tells anyone 100% because even still you just don't ever know but she did say from everything she saw that they were boy parts not girl. So there wasn't a problem with him hiding it she just couldn't show us a clear shot because of how he was positioned.
She then moved on and showed us his little legs and feet just moving around. We got a cd with pictures and actual videos of Wilson which is what one of the videos is of.
We couldn't get a very good face shot with the 4d stuff because Wilson's head was basically smooshing against the womb. Personally I find the 4d stuff a bit creepy! And since Wilson was being a bit stubborn all the 4d shots don't look very detailed.
I don't mind because I know 20 weeks is still pretty early to really see definite features and what not.
So all in all based on everything the u/s and doctor could see Wilson is coming along perfectly!
They guesstimate his weight to be 12 ounces and our due date is basically spot on. He was perfect sized everywhere and the largest part of his body was his head. Which if you've seen Andy's head that sounds about right too!
All my measurements were right on target too. I measured spot on where I should be and my weight gain for all 5 months is a total of 8 pounds.
Our doctor was really great and gave us a A+ for this check up.
Andy and I both just really thought we were going to have a boy, hence why we had a name for a boy already picked out and we even called him Baby Wilson even before we knew he was a boy. We are beyond thrilled to now know that we are having a son! Of course healthy is the most important thing but we really wanted to have a boy first. So it's really great to know that our son is healthy and that we are having what we hoped for.
Another 5 months to go!!
For those who don't know I had my big ultrasound today! I kept waking up randomly throughout the night because I was just so excited and poor Andy didn't go to bed until almost 6 in the morning! I woke up and got him to come to bed but I think he would've been okay staying up.
So our appointment was at 10:15 am and we invited Andy's mom to come. I thought she would enjoy getting to see her grandbaby up on the screen and we could all experience seeing this little man for the first time!
So I went in by myself first because the u/s tech wanted to get all the official shots out of the way for the doctor. She pointed the screen away so I couldn't see anything but I'm glad because I wanted to be able to see our baby with Andy there. When she got all of her shots done and finished inspecting she went back out and got Andy and his mom.
Finally she turned the screen our way and we all got to look and see little baby Kirk! It was probably the coolest thing to date! Finally getting to see whats actually going on in there! That there is a baby in there! Watching him move around! WOW!
First the u/s tech went over everything she had taken pictures of and started from the head. She went over everything and she pointed out the eyes and ears and mouth, worked her way and talked about the neck. When she got to the chest she pointed out the baby's heart and we could see all the chambers just beating away! She pointed out the stomach and kidneys and bladder. Also showed us the spine and his little butt.
I personally was dying of anticipation of her going over the nether regions to tell us if he was a boy or girl. When she finally did she showed just a quick shot and said based on everything she saw that she was 80% sure that he was a boy!
I'd like to think that that is very good odds and she never tells anyone 100% because even still you just don't ever know but she did say from everything she saw that they were boy parts not girl. So there wasn't a problem with him hiding it she just couldn't show us a clear shot because of how he was positioned.
She then moved on and showed us his little legs and feet just moving around. We got a cd with pictures and actual videos of Wilson which is what one of the videos is of.
We couldn't get a very good face shot with the 4d stuff because Wilson's head was basically smooshing against the womb. Personally I find the 4d stuff a bit creepy! And since Wilson was being a bit stubborn all the 4d shots don't look very detailed.
I don't mind because I know 20 weeks is still pretty early to really see definite features and what not.
So all in all based on everything the u/s and doctor could see Wilson is coming along perfectly!
They guesstimate his weight to be 12 ounces and our due date is basically spot on. He was perfect sized everywhere and the largest part of his body was his head. Which if you've seen Andy's head that sounds about right too!
All my measurements were right on target too. I measured spot on where I should be and my weight gain for all 5 months is a total of 8 pounds.
Our doctor was really great and gave us a A+ for this check up.
Andy and I both just really thought we were going to have a boy, hence why we had a name for a boy already picked out and we even called him Baby Wilson even before we knew he was a boy. We are beyond thrilled to now know that we are having a son! Of course healthy is the most important thing but we really wanted to have a boy first. So it's really great to know that our son is healthy and that we are having what we hoped for.
Another 5 months to go!!









