Peek-a-boo!

 <Copied from an email sent out earlier..I'm feeling so crappy, think I'm getting sick...so I'm doing this the lazy way>

 

Ok...first let me say, we had the same witch that we had at the 6 week u/s..remember, she scared the hell out of me so bad??  She remembered me, too, and she did it AGAIN!  I asked her to turn the monitor just a hair, she said, "I'm trying to see if your baby has all it's organs, but if you want to see so bad, then I guess I'll just have to take the chance of not seeing anything...bad enough I can hardly see anything now because you're pretty heavy."  I was like.."WHAT?!  I'm that little one's mother and perhaps I would ALSO like to see if there's a heartrate, kidneys, etc.. And you know what, ultrasounds aren't FUN for me anymore...I'm scared to death, it's been a really rough year, and perhaps you should try talking to me a little gentler!"  I was bawling at that point.  Her tune totally changed, and she was actually pretty nice after that.  She went out of her way to point out each organ, showed me the heartrate (141bpm), took 3 pics (all pretty much the same pose).  She showed me what she thought could POSSIBLY be boy parts, but then said like 2 seconds later that the umbilical cord was also hanging between the legs so she couldn't say for sure anything...and not to go buy blue just yet.  I was just in shock!  I'm of course happy with ANY healthy little person, but I had just assumed girl because I'm carrying the same, feel exactly the same...  Anywho, I guess gender shall remain a mystery until next u/s (some of y'all remember how Alex didn't want to know with Marissa..he was pretty happy not knowing this time, too..LOL).    Stats:  Measuring 18 wks 2 days (so no change in dates);  weighing 8 oz, ALL organs accounted for, and thus far-doing really great :)  Above is a pic, baby is looking right at you, straight on :)