Inside & Out

Today we had our 2nd trimester (19 wks) 'Anatomic Survey' ultrasound!


And here's my belly shot taken Tuesday. I'm getting BIG!


Click here to watch the short video of our Baby Monkey!



I don't love the ultrasound techs at the hospital. I mean, they are nice enough, but it seems like as soon as I layed down she squeezed the jelly on my belly and was already doing her survey. I thought-whoa lady, slow down. This ultrasound I must admit was dissapointing. The last one the images were taken further away, and I could see the whole baby. This time around everything was REALLY close up, most of the time I had no clue what she was doing and had to squint at the screen to see what she typed in (aorta, bladder, femur, upper arms, etc). I felt she should've been a little nicer and explained things as we had to keep saying "What's that?" and she'd say it and quickly move on to the next. I know she has a job to do, but, seeing the pics of her adorable children on the wall, she must know that as first time parents this is very exciting for us and a little more explanation couldn't hurt. Still, seeing the baby on screen is so amazing!

So this is the best pic we got. We also bought a DVD which has all the images plus one quick video, and, best (or worst) of all the sex of the baby on it! But David has forbidden me to peek. And, because I'm so damn honest, I just couldn't do it! It's killing me but I have to go by what we agreed to.

The tech said everything looked ok BUT, we have to go back again because my tired little baby monkey wouldn't turn over to give her a clear view of the spine! The tech made me cough, which didn't make sense to me, but she never really jiggled it around as the last tech had done. SO we are going back in two weeks to get the spine images. Not that I mind. Who doesn't want to see their baby? Hopefully we'll get the tech we had the first time around as she was a little better and knew how to jiggle the baby into the direction she wanted.