It's our 19 week checkup and we got to find out the sex, a boy! We're both very excited; Michele even said as soon as she laid down on the exam table she thought it would be a boy.
The radiologist did a very thorough job scanning all around the baby making sure everything looked healthy. Michele's first question was if the heart had four chambers. Working in the NICU, she's feared it would end up like one of her babies.
But, all four chambers were there and pumping away just fine (156 bpm). Both sides of the brain were there, properly separated. No sign of a cleft lip, the arm and leg bones looked good, the spine looked good. The bladder was full (kidney's are working), the stomach is full (it can swallow). He's 13oz (normal is about 10oz, so he's starting off strong) and 6 inches crown to rump. It has ten fingers and toes.
The RN zoomed in on the bottoms of the feet and we could see it wiggling and kicking around with its cute little toes. His hands were up by his head most of the time. He even yawned once at the very end, opened his little mouth and closed it slowly.
This kid is going to have its parents and grand-parents wrapped around its tiny little finger. Sheesh.
