It's a boy!

We were scheduled to find out the gender at the 20 week appointment since I did not have an ultrasound at 16 weeks. Ben and I were fine with that, although it would have been nice to find out earlier. We had 2 different friends mention to us that they had paid for an ultrasound earlier just to find out the gender, but we had written it off, assuming it would be expensive. The Thursday before Christmas, I decided just to look it up. I found a place in Buckhead called StorkVision that would do a 5 minute gender ultrasound for $39. Ben and I decided that would be worth it! Friday we were able to get an appointment for Saturday morning. Saturday we went to the appointment. We were in and out in 10 minutes and got some good pictures of the baby (boy)! Ben and I decided to keep the news to ourselves and surprise everyone for Christmas.

Baby boy pictures!

16 Weeks

My 16 week appointment was on December 18th, one week before Christmas. No ultrasound this time, just bloodwork to check for Spina bifida. Thankfully, the results were negative! My next appointment is scheduled for January 15 with the high risk doctor to determine what should be done about the cyst I have on my ovary.

16 week picture

12 weeks!

We had our 12 week appointment on November 20th, the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. We decided before we went to the appointment that if everything appeared ok, then we could start sharing our news with everyone!

Ben went with me to the appointment and we had the ultrasound first. This ultrasound is when they do the Nuchal Translucency Screening to assess the risk for Down syndrome or other chromosomal abnormalaties based on fluid on the back of the neck and development of the nasal bone. The ultrasound lady said the baby had a really good nasal bone. Hmm...wonder where that comes from?! Everything checked out ok and the next appointment at 16 weeks is scheduled for December 18th.

After the appointment we met Mawmaw and Jim at Cheesecake Factory to celebrate Thanksgiving since Mawmaw was going out of town. We also got to show her the newest ultrasound pictures. While we were at dinner she called Gordy, Sandra and Stacey to share the news. I made her promise not to tell until then, so she didn't waste any time once I said it was ok to tell!

For Thanksgiving we went to Guy and Lynn's house to join them and Uncle Al for Thanksgiving dinner. We showed them the ultrasound pictured and Guy said he thought it was a boy based on the nose. Again...wonder where that came from?!

Here are some 12 week pictures!