Well, we had an ultrasound this morning, and ... it's a girl! You can see the side of her head (she might be sucking her thumb?) in the top picture.
Some of you know that we actually had another ultrasound on Friday where they couldn't tell the gender for sure. So we were lucky in a way to find out for sure less than a week later, though we had a couple days of worrying in between the first scan and today's more detailed ultrasound.
Basically, the doctor thought they might have seen something called choroid plexus cysts, which can be a marker for a very serious chromosomal disorder, Trisomy 18. She scheduled us for a level 2 ultrasound at the hospital to rule out any problems, and today they couldn't find any sign of the cysts and confirmed that everything else is perfectly normal. Apparently they could have misread the ultrasound results last time around, or it's possible the cysts could have been there and already gone away on their own (which does happen, but it's not all that likely since it was just a matter of days.)
Anyway, they assured us there's absolutely nothing to worry about ... except for that we might have a stubborn child in our future. She was very uncooperative during both ultrasounds, moving around and not letting them see what they needed to see. The first time, the tech called the baby "squirrelly," and today's woman said she "had a mind of her own." To which I say, is that a bad thing?
A few more pictures:
The baby waving hello.
Hopefully Jason won't mind me posting the "proof" that it's a girl. The little arrow is pointing to her, you know, private parts.
3 comments:
So relieved to hear that all is well...A baby girl!!!! That will be a nice change of pace - lots of boys in our family lately. Now you can focus on those girl names and plan your nursery!! Have lots of fun and Congratulations!
Aunt Linda
Congratulations!!!! Baby girls are awesome. They have the best clothes. Doctors always overreact. I guess that is their job. My friend Tonya also had that scare although they really thought the baby had that. Turns out he just came out a little premature but was otherwise a healthy baby boy.
How exciting a baby girl!!!
Congratulations!! They found Choroid plexus cysts on my nephew Trip's ultrasound and then two weeks later they were gone too!! So it may be pretty common.... Nothing to worry about though....(ALWAYS easier said than done:)
Picture of mom, please???
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