Ultrasound

On Friday, David and I had our first ultrasound. I am 22 weeks along so at this point, if we wanted, we could've found out the gender. We stuck to our guns and didn't, which actually surprised our midwife. I guess a lot of people find out even after saying they won't. David claims he has an idea of which gender Teeny is but I had a hard time seeing anything but blobs (except the heart, because that actually moves. It's pretty cool to see.) Plus, the technician tried really hard not to give away anything accidentally (like avoiding the area as much as she could) so we'll have to see if David's prediction is right.

I did have to have a full bladder for the ultrasound which was just about impossible. They have you drink 4 cups of water an hour and a half before your appointment and then you can't use the bathroom until after your appointment. Every bump David drove over on the way to the hospital was torture and I thought for SURE I'd pee my pants. We were supposed to check in 15 minutes early and they did take me right on time but for that 15 minutes, we had to work really hard to distract me. Once the baby was on the screen, it was mostly okay and I kind of forgot about it until the technician would poke my bladder, trying to get Teeny to change positions (or Teeny would poke my bladder while changing positions) and that was also really hard. At times, my legs would go numb from trying to hold my muscles. What a workout! My ultrasound took a half hour (I was surprised it took this long but the technician went really fast but she had to see that all the structures were developing normally--which they were, so I guess it makes sense to take so long). Then I finally got to pee after and it was the best part of the day. I did have my regular doctor appointment after that though so I still had to wait around but at least the holding-my-pee part was over.

So like I said, everything is looking normal. No signs of any defects. I truly have no idea what the gender is either. And Teeny weighs 1 pound 1 ounce! (I have no idea how they can figure that out just by taking a few measurements but it's exciting!)

Here is a picture (I would try to identify some parts for you but to be honest, Teeny looks like an alien anyway and I don't really know what I'm looking at).