Today, we had our "20-week" ultrasound (though I am only at 18 weeks right now).
Because I'll be over 35 at the time of delivery, this is considered a "high risk" pregnancy. They sent me to the high risk ultrasound people, who took an amazing amount of measurements of the baby. In the last 3 years, ultrasound technology has really improved and Diego and I were mesmerized watching the baby on the monitor. I had not felt a whole lot of movement yet, so was relieved to see the baby squirming and flipping all over the screen. Everything looks good with the baby, and the measurements confirmed an ~ July 1st due date.
Because I'll be over 35 at the time of delivery, this is considered a "high risk" pregnancy. They sent me to the high risk ultrasound people, who took an amazing amount of measurements of the baby. In the last 3 years, ultrasound technology has really improved and Diego and I were mesmerized watching the baby on the monitor. I had not felt a whole lot of movement yet, so was relieved to see the baby squirming and flipping all over the screen. Everything looks good with the baby, and the measurements confirmed an ~ July 1st due date.
We decided to find out the sex of the baby at this ultrasound. The tech did all of the measurements first. When she began trying to determine gender, she kept getting a shot of what looked like the baby sitting on an invisible chair with the photo taken from below. And the legs CLAMPED shut. Both Diego and I laughed. The ultrasound tech bumped and nudged the baby a bit to try to get a better view. The next clear view we got was almost the same, except this time around, the baby seemed to be pushing down on the "invisible chair" with both fists, as if adamant not to reveal the gender.
After a few more bumps and prods, baby spread it's legs wide open. And clearly, it's a boy.
(For those interested in a comparison view, here are two of the ultrasound pictures of Luis)
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