"Big" ultrasound

Yesterday, we had our "big" ultrasound. We have no plans to find out the gender before Baby Rhody is born, but we were still very excited to see baby again--and a little bit anxious to make sure everything was progressing well!

Well, the great news is that everything looked good. It was really amazing how much detail they could see already on the ultrasound, even down to the brain stem and the kidneys. Baby was measuring above-average for 18w at 9 oz--no wonder I've been feeling him / her so early! Baby was also really active the whole time; I'm sure that had nothing to do with the cookie dough (eggless!) I was snacking on before the appointment.

The tech seemed somewhat relieved to find out we didn't want to know the gender; apparently, there is a pre-Chistmas rush where everyone wants to find out to announce on Christmas, and it puts a lot of pressure on her to be able to find the sex reliably.

Anyway, she gave us a bunch of pictures, and I've scanned a few in to share. :)

Baby's face. I think I'm supposed to say "OH, how cute!" but in reality, all I can think is, "My baby looks like Skeletor." Baby sticking his/her tongue out. Now that's my child.

Hand + mouth = NOM.

It was really pretty amazing. There's really a baby in there!!