Gender Revealed!

As I think all of my readers are directed here from Facebook, this is probably already old news. But I'll say it again: We're having a boy!!

Not that I wouldn't be just as excited to have a girl, because I totally would be. I'm just glad I was right for once on a gender prediction. I thought I was having a boy, and lo and behold, I am. It makes me feel smart, or intuitive, or motherly. Something like that. I also don't have to worry about getting buried under a mountain of pink. Blue I like; pink I can't handle in large doses.

So I'm now 20 weeks along: halfway through. Everything still seems to be going really well. Thankfully that was confirmed with the ultrasound yesterday. The ultrasound lasted 30-40 minutes, mainly because we have a little stinker on our hands who refused to cooperate for the requisite profile shot. The sonogram tech was determined to get it, but eventually she had to give up. In the meantime, she looked at and photographed all his organs. They all looked great and were doing what they're supposed to. His heart has all 4 chambers and was beating at 154 bpm. His brain, kidneys, and bladder looked normal. She measured his head, femur, and overall length. All were in the normal range. He is 8.1 inches long (which I think is actually a little shorter than I expected) and he weighs 13 ounces. He has two hands and two feet, with what appeared to be the correct number of digits on each one. It's not the most detailed thing in the world, afterall. He does not have a cleft palatte, and overall his face has the normal features. Using the colored doppler, we got to see the blood going to and from the baby through the umbilical cord, exactly as it's supposed to. We got to see him lay his head down on the placenta like a pillow. We got to watch him move around alot. He especially likes to move his arms above his head. We got to see him open and close his mouth and kick his legs. She took a good picture of his foot, which is long and skinny like Will's feet. I envision size 15s in his future. Poor kid will have to order his shoes off the Internet.

Overall, he was just completely perfect. Nothing to be concerned about. I'm healthy too. I've gained 12 pounds so far, with 10 of that being gained in the last 6 weeks. I don't know if that's normal or not, but I have been extremely hungry since the beginning of December! I hope the weight gain does slow down, though.

I'm very happy to know that my child is healthy and growing at a normal rate. I'm excited about having a boy. God is great! I really am blessed to carry this child.