We started our trip with our much anticipated 3D ultrasound! And, drum roll please...
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| WE ARE HAVING A GIRL! |
But you were so convinced it was a boy! I know. So much for having a spot on intuition, huh?
The tech was little tricky with her wording when she told us she was a girl so it took a few seconds for my brain to catch up. Once it did, I started bawling! It was like I had never even thought she was a boy & all I ever wanted to have was a girl. My heart was definitely 100% completely full. I can honestly say I don't think I even looked at anyone else in the room because my eyes were locked on the screen. I don't even think I looked at Dylan right away. It's a surreal moment that ultimately changes how you imagine the rest of your life.
And because I'm such a typical mom-to-be, I'll go ahead and post some more pictures of her...
The tech gave us 20 or so pictures of her, some of them are more scary than cute. I can say that because she's mine. Of course I love every single terrifying angle because I'm obsessed with her, but I know that only our family and ourselves really find them remotely normal looking.
I honestly preferred watching her on the screen in 2D over the 3D. I felt like her body was more distinguishable & we could see her moving around more clearly. At 15 weeks, her features weren't developed enough to really see much in 3D and the imaging is more distorted. Our main reason for the visit was to determine the sex so I still say it was all worth it! I loved getting to find out with our moms & my best friend there.
She kept her little arm up by her head almost the whole time & apparently was very proud to show us she was a girl. The tech kept coming back to find her in the same position of showing her little bum. At least she was cooperating, right? I wish they had given us the picture, but at one point she had her legs stretched all the way out. I was 15 weeks 4 days at the ultrasound, and she was measuring 16 weeks because she has long legs. I loved seeing her kicking around, Sarah said she was in there doing Pilates just like her Momma!
Speaking of kicks, I've started feeling her more and more over the past few days. Wednesday night was the first time I felt 2 little kicks about 20 seconds apart from each other. It was super late, like 1:30 in the morning when we were driving home from visiting family. I wondered if she usually moves around at that time when I'm sleeping and don't feel it. I didn't feel any distinct movements again until this morning. Dylan and I were still laying in bed and I felt 4 or 5 kicks! I had him try to feel and eventually she kicked hard enough that he felt it & I could feel it happen at the same time.
I was so thankful for that moment. Dylan leaves for deployment by the end of the month and I had prayed that he would get to feel her at least once before he left. Hopefully he gets to feel her a few more times!
I feel like she's stretching out in there. I get really sharp round ligament pain whenever I sneeze & it seems like my bump has grown overnight! We have our growth and anatomy ultrasound at my doctor appointment on Wednesday. I'm excited to get another glimpse of her & see how she's grown!
Fingers crossed we get confirmation that she is, in fact, a girl! We did a lot of shopping while we were in Atlanta & I know a few people have ordered some monogramed gifts for her. I think I've read too many stories on other women's blogs about getting a "surprise" at their next ultrasound. Of course we would shift gears and happily plan for a boy but I think it would throw me for a loop at first. There would be a lot of clothing returns & registry edits to be made! The woman who did our ultrasound said she had done 35 gender scans in the past 2 days so, like Dylan says, she knows what to look for.
Life can be funny, so we will see!
Here I am a few days ago, actually, the same night I felt those first kicks!
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| 17 weeks with our sweet Layla Blaine |
Until next time...
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