We had an interesting time getting our ultrasound today. At first our child was being modest by covering her privates with her hands… but eventually those hands moved. The tech seemed pretty confident it was a girl, pointing out the dots and lines that form little girl parts.
So we're pretty excited! I bought the first couple girly outfits today. In the event this baby is born with an extra limb-like structure…. we do have enough neutral stuff to get us by for a bit!
What was amusing though, was this lil girl showed her stubborn side as well as her flexibility. She stayed in the same folded up position for over an hour! No amount of prodding with the ultrasound thingamabob, turning me on my sides, or walking around made a difference. She was bent in half with her feet over her head!
She'd wiggle and kick, but wouldn't flip or unfold. Sometimes her feet would be on her forehead, then her hands would be up there too… then she started playing with her feet.
It was adorable.
I can't wait to meet her!
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Kirito says
You’re just having a girl to spite me. >:3 I hope she comes out with a penis and you have to dress him in pink forever. That would be a fitting punishment, I think. I mean, your baby IS making you miss the trip(s).
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Darcy says
LOL <3
Alexan says
Interesting… my first was a girl (you already knew that), and we also spent over an hour getting her US done. She was folded in half, with her feet resting on her forhead and her hands grabbing her toes. This made for “interesting” counting to make sure everything was A-OK because the lady counted ELEVEN toes… twice! Turned out she was including a thumb in there.
Of course, if that means your daughter is going to be like mine, you’re in for one hell of a wicked ride! Miss S just explodes with personality (has since in the womb) and is the most fun to be around.
Miss S always has her own unique way of doing things, and it started with that first US.
YAY for pink!!
Darcy says
Oh good, so her being bent in half and playing with her feet almost the whole time isn’t completely unheard of! :D
The tech did say she had to keep checking to make sure she was measuring actual arms and not mixing them up with the legs. They got most of the pictures and measurements taken, but they couldn’t get the view they wanted/needed for all of the heart pics…. so back I go in 3 weeks. I figure at least I’ll get to see her again soon and make sure she’s still a girl :P
Alexan says
Lucky you!! I’d give anything to see my little man again as he was SO co-operative with my 20 weeks scan that I was in and out in 20 minutes. Hardly a look in. Didn’t help I had a toddler pulling everything out of the bin she could reach LOL.
But yeah, not that unusual. Miss S was all bum one end and everything else the other. This one was reclined along the bottom of my uterus like he was in a hammock. lol…