We had an exciting baby day today. We are 17 weeks 5 days and went in for a gender determination ultrasound at Baby Belly Spa. I know everyone reading this is wanting me to cut to the chase and tell them the outcome of the scan, but that wouldn’t be as much fun would it? What made this day most special is that all of the baby’s grandparents joined us for the appointment. We all arrived a little early and waited for our appointment time. After a short wait were called back into the ultrasound room which was very roomy and posh. They had comfortable couches and chairs and a large T.V. so everyone had a good view of Little One. The Ultrasound Tech started out doing scan of Little One’s face and body, and turned on the speaker so we could all hear the baby’s heartbeat, which was a wonderful sounding 140 beats per minute. We watched the little legs and arms moving, and even saw Little One sucking on a thumb. ( Can I just interject here that it is very hard to talk about someone without saying him or her?)
The Tech continued to show us the baby and even turned on the 4D view so we could get a better view of the face. Little One was being camera shy like Lindsey and kept putting both hands in front of its face. After the Tech turned the scan back over to the black and white 2D mode, we got to see the legs and feet and just watched the movement on the screen. We were able to pick out some pictures from the session and sent some home with the Grandparents to put on their refrigerators. After the scan we all went out to lunch at Old Chicago and watched the first half of the UK/Tennessee basketball game before heading off for other adventures.
By the way, we actually found out the sex of Little One right after hearing the heartbeat, but I wanted to wait till the end of this post to announce that Little One Pierce is now known as Little Girl Pierce!!!!!!
Until next time,
J
