Anatomy Ultrasound Updates Thread - Page 5

[AfricanQueen99]

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful news! I'm so excited for you and your boys, HCM!

[Kindermama]

Originally Posted by HardCoreMom 

we had our u/s this afternoon, and we're expecting a GIRL.  everything looks great (yeah, placenta is anterior).  i cannot stop crying tears of joy.

That's cool!!! I felt the same way when they confirmed a boy after 3 girls! I have a stepson but it's just not the same! 

[HardCoreMom]

thanks for all the love, you guys!  i feel this overwhelming peace and a happiness i haven't felt in a long, long time.  my heart is glad.

thanks for being there, everyone!  :)

[AfricanQueen99]

And now we can be anterior placenta twins!  Getting these kids in order one day at a time. :)

[HardCoreMom]

yeah, my midwife was pretty unimpressed with any of my concerns about an anterior placenta affecting the baby's position.  it was really reassuring.

but i'm still looking forward to being your AP twin!  :)

[Devaskyla]

I'm crying FOR you. That's so awesome!! (& hopefully I'll be joining you on the pink side :) )
 

Originally Posted by HardCoreMom 

we had our u/s this afternoon, and we're expecting a GIRL.  everything looks great (yeah, placenta is anterior).  i cannot stop crying tears of joy.

[indigoscot]

hcm - such amazing news for you!  yay!  :) :)  my dp has an anterior placenta too! 

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[mamasmoman]

Had our anatomy scan yesterday afternoon...poor baby was NOT fond of the process. Everything looks great, we'll have a full report next week :)

[chilichiki]

Had our ultrasound today.  The tech put the scanner on my stomach and asked if we wanted to know the sex.  Looking at the screen, the baby's legs were wide open.  We didn't need her to tell us there was our little boy!!

Was measuring ahead by almost two weeks too....I knew my stomach was huge!!

Heartbeat was good, but they had a hard time pinning him down and getting a clear picture.  Not too worried about it though and they said we would check it out next month.

I had caffeine this morning for the first time in months, so this kid was flying around my uterus.  The doctor was laughing trying to track his heart rate, this baby would literally not sit still!

[HardCoreMom]

congrats, chili!  your son is going to love having a little brother!  how exciting for you all!

[contactmaya]

Its a girl!!!

I didnt think i could make girls. (i have 2 boys already) But intuitively i sensed a girl, although intellectually i thought 'boy'. I have been craving less meat this pregnancy...

Everything looked good, although i have to go back to get a clearer picture of the face.  Im not too worried about that, since the worst that can happen is a cleft palate right? 

wow! A girl, a girl, a girl :-)

Congratulations Chili on having a little boy!

[Devaskyla]

Congrats on your girl!!

I have a 2nd scan scheduled for Friday. Not happy about it, hopefully it can be a really quick check for what they weren't able to see last time. Going to ask them to have a quick peek to see if we can find out if it's a boy or a girl, since I'm going to be there anyway.

[HardCoreMom]

Originally Posted by contactmaya 

wow! A girl, a girl, a girl :-)

congrats!  very happy for you and your family!

devaskyla, i'm eager to hear the report from your follow-up scan tomorrow.  will you (hopefully) be able to learn gender there at the appt, or do you have to wait for the doctor's report for that, too?  i look forward to your update!

[shiomi]

Originally Posted by chilichiki 

Had our ultrasound today.  The tech put the scanner on my stomach and asked if we wanted to know the sex.  Looking at the screen, the baby's legs were wide open.  We didn't need her to tell us there was our little boy!!

Exact same thing here!!!

[Devaskyla]

HCM, assuming baby co-operates, they'll tell you the gender at the time. So, fingers crossed! 

[Devaskyla]

I got a talkative tech today. And she kept the screen towards me the whole time, which is unusual. Everything looks good although she still couldn't quite see one heart valve. Hb was 144 today. And I had a lovely few minutes when she was sure it was a girl. Then she was sure it was a boy. Both views definitely looked like the other images I've seen, but I guess it's another boy. We're all disappointed. And I'm feeling incredibly guilty for being so upset about another boy. Both dh & I only ever wanted girls & now we're apparently going to have 4 boys. *sigh* I'm sure we'll love him as much as we do the others, but it would have been so nice if our last baby was a girl.

[AfricanQueen99]

I empathize with that disappointment. It's ok to mourn...and then your newest love will show up and you won't remember life before him.

[HardCoreMom]

man, i can feel the sadness in your voice.  like angela, i totally empathize.  and i know it's hard to hear those words from someone who has/is having a daughter- i have been in your shoes three times, hoping for a girl, and resentful (i'll be honest) of others who got one.  but ang is right, and i know you know, you'll never regret having your son once he's here.  (and maybe it isn't really a boy- things don't sound really definite, right?)  i'm not trying to downplay your feelings- i really just wanted to reach out and say that i'm sorry and i understand.

it sounds like everything else is looking fine though, right?  does it help you feel more relaxed and confident in your UC now?  i know it was a big ordeal to make it all the way there today.  i've never known any UCers in person- does today leave you in a better mental and emotional position to prepare for the birth?  i hope that, despite possible gender disappointment, it was still a good day for you.

[Devaskyla]

Thanks for the sympathy. I'm doing a lot better today. After discussing exactly what I saw with dh & googling images, we're going with, it's likely a boy, but we don't really know for sure. Seriously, both the "girl" view & the "boy" view she showed me looked like right. To me, the girl one looked more right though. And someone on twitter said her daughter was quite swollen & looked like a boy on ultrasound. So, I guess we'll see in January. I'm prepared for it to be a boy & trying not to hope too hard that somehow it's actually a girl. We're even planning on at least one gender neutral name in our list in case baby is intersex.

Yes everything else looks fine according to the tech, although it still has to go through the expert & then to my dr, but unless they see something the tech didn't, physically all is well with baby. It's strange, when I got the first ultrasound report, I was freaking because they couldn't see so many important structures, but within a few days, I was very relaxed & felt like things were fine, but dh was worrying. He's the main reason I had a 2nd ultrasound.  So now we're both a lot more relaxed about things. About the only thing I would like to do is try to find someone to do pulse ox on the baby after it's born. A friend on twitter has a huge campaign to make it mandatory after birth because it can pick up some heart defects that other things miss.

Since it's likely my last prenatal ultrasound ever, I was really pleased. Normally tech's here keep the screen away from you unless they're specifically showing you something, but in addition to talking nearly constantly about what she was seeing, this tech kept the screen so I could see it the whole time. It was awesome. Got to see baby putting zie's feet up by zie's head & covering part of zie's face with an arm. Although part of me wonders if baby was trying to ward off the ultrasound waves with the arm. But it was still sweet. Like ds3, this one is head down already, and much higher up than I thought. Most of the movement is lower, but I'm wondering now how much of that is from baby folding itself in half. lol

[coldandsleepy]

Devaskyla, big hugs.  I'm glad your LO looks healthy (and that you got a satisfying ultrasound!) and sympathize completely with your disappointment.