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The Big Ultrasound

The first time I saw my baby was back in May when it was a tiny little blob around 7 weeks. I’ve read some women don’t even have access to the dating/viability scan due to insurance reasons, covering only 1 ultrasound, or only those deemed medically necessary, like the anatomy scan. My anatomy scan was this past Wednesday. I hadn’t seen my baby in roughly 12 weeks. Wednesday was a nervous day. Also angry day, but that was unrelated..

I’d read one should drink a glass of orange juice prior to the ultrasound to get the baby moving in there. Better chance of getting the money shot, because yes, while we all care about the scan showing our babies are healthy, it’s the sex! The sex of the baby is what’s on our minds. That said, I was pretty nervous laying on the table, having no clue if everything was normal in there. I knew baby had a heartbeat, and that was it. I had visions of the baby having two heads or a tail. I think I could have lived with a baby with a tail. Or a horses body. CENTAUR BABY. The scan showed none of that (sadly no centaur?). A perfectly formed little baby in there. 4 chambers in the heart, healthy flowing veins, a brain! All of its little limbs were there and moving around. Its little hands were in tiny fists, one of the arms just hanging out over its head. It even had urine in its bladder. That might be kind of gross, but I had an epic awwwww moment over it. It has a tiny working bladder! The ultrasound tech did all the measurements, yet the only one I really remember, apart from measuring on spec, is that its femur is about an inch long! AN INCH!! SO TINY!!

And yes, baby still remains an it. A human it. Not a kitten or a bear, or Steely Dan. The baby kept its legs crossed most of the time. So modest! The tech had me get up and walk around to try and get the baby to change positions. I drank more OJ, jiggled a bit. After laying back down, we found the baby still in its comfy, curled up position. We managed to get its legs uncrossed, but the position didn’t allow for its legs to open very wide. The tech thought it might be a girl, but said don’t go out and buy anything pink yet. Then she told me I’d have to just stick to greens and yellows. That bitch! haha. How about a rescheduling?! While I was disappointed that baby didn’t cooperate, I was happy to know it was healthy in there, and but I also knew there’d be no other ultrasounds for me on the insurance’s dime. Womp!

I got about 4 photos from the ultrasound. I took photos of the photos as I have no scanner, and now you get to see them!

This is my favorite. I was dreading the forward facing photo, because they are SO creepy. But we caught the baby yawning.. which is both adorable and also creepy. It’s totally casting spells.

baby yawning

Smushed profile of its face. I has a comfy placenta.

profile face

Robot eye.

robot eye

BABY FOOT!!!

baby foot

The Mystery Revealed…

Or sort of.

I’ve heard that people are judging and bugging my close friends about just who my baby’s daddy is. Like it’s some sort of huge secret. It’s not really anyone’s business, but I’ll quote what I wrote in my 12 week recap post.

Going back a bit to that happy accident statement, I know a lot of folks are asking who is the babydaddy?! Well, it’s no one anyone knows. We’d known each other a short while before this accident happened. We really had nothing at all in common, and I couldn’t vibe with him at all, despite trying for about 2 months. It was best for my mental sanity and our future relationship for the baby’s sake that we not see each other anymore. He’s a really good guy, and wants to be there for the baby and that is basically the extent of that topic!

I guess that wasn’t clear enough and I’m not sure what more folks want. I’m not going to list out all his online info or address. Like I said previously, he isn’t a part of the group, not core or otherwise. We was just a random guy I met. I know, I’m classy, but if it will make people stop asking around and bugging Jess, there it is. Maybe there was a reason I wasn’t publicly going on about it. It just really isn’t any kind of big secret. I’ve been happily telling folks personally. I just didn’t want to announce on Twitter “This is who my babydaddy is”. Alas, folks rather not ask me personally.

Unrelated, I’m 15 weeks tomorrow!! I had an amazing appointment today with my midwife. I found out she won’t be the one delivering my baby as she was only in covering another midwife who was out on maternity leave. It’s kind of a bummer as it sounds like her last day will be only three weeks before my due date, but whatever. The baby’s heartbeat was healthy and in the 140s. I even heard the baby moving via the doppler! I’m told I should be able to feel the movements in the next few weeks. I’m so excited!! I got all my test results back and everything is amazing normal. I feel a lot more at ease about baby’s and my health. The 2nd trimester has been pretty boring so far! Minus my throwing up early today. Totally random. Thanks, spaghetti. Which might I add is really not fun to throw up. Especially when you’re borderline dehydrated.

Less than a month till the anatomy/gender ultrasound!!!

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