I felt the baby move! Last week while watching American Idol I felt something around my lower stomach that caught me off guard. It clearly happened again and it was more like a poke than a flutter like most have told me about. It was the second poke that I decided to verbally announce I felt the baby...and following the pokes I had about 10mins of flutters. I loved the feeling and found myself frozen on the couch in fear of interrupting the baby movements. Ever since then I feel little movements every so often, mainly at night though before bed.
Today I had my 20 week appointment, the appointment when we find out the sex. John was not able to come due to work, but I was glad that my mom and mother-in-law were able to join me! The baby is healthy and looks great. Throughout the ultrasound, the tech keep going to the babies bottom to try to determine the sex but it's legs were crossed along with the umbilical cord being in the way. So in between tries she completed the measurements she needed and pointed out the different parts of the baby like the kidneys, spine, cerebrum, stomach, femur, four chambers of the heart, arms, legs and so on. While waiting to find out the sex we heard the heart beat and was able to see the baby sucking it's thumb---which I posted below. It was too cute not to share! After 20mins of trying we ended the ultrasound and I went to get a coke which I tried to drink super fast. She was going to see me again after talking to the doctor and seeing the nurse, which I gained 3 more lbs making it a total of 5 at this point. During the second ultrasound the legs were crossed, but then finally uncrossed them for us to find out! FINALLY. I would have been so bummed if we left not finding out.
Just because John still does not know...I will add the sex tonight for those who still don't know. I bought two outfits that say something about daddy on them for John to open when he gets home to find out the sex. So I will share more after tonight...but for now here is the video! :) As much as I would like to share the whole 20mins, here is only a minutes worth.....20mins would take way to long to load!
It's a girl! :)
Her hand is under her chin in this picture.
This is a face shot. Not the best view.
My favorite picture, her sucking her thumb!
Here are some of the outfits John opened to find out the sex!
