Quickest. Anatomy. Scan. Ever.

Yes, we had the big anatomy scan! My office only does one routine ultrasound, the anatomy scan, at 20 weeks. So this was it; this was the big show! I had been dying of excitement all week. The office only does them on Fridays so I am guessing they herd us through like cattle. That might explain the extreme brevity.

The first thing she asked was if we wanted to know the gender. Yes please! And off we went. This is your cervix, measure, move on. This is the head, measure, move on. Here is the abdomen, stomach check, kidneys check, bladder check. She whipped right through it. Baby was moving quite a bit and did not seem at all pleased with the probing.

So after all of the important anatomy checked out and measured perfectly, it was on to the big reveal!

Now, I can't remember if I've written about this before but I've always, always said I would have a girl first and then a boy. When I was younger (like not even an adult) I would say that and my mom would say, "Well don't you want a boy first like you and your brother? Older brothers always protect their sisters." But honestly it was never about want, I just felt like it was what would happen. I had to refer back but years ago (February 2009 as it turns out) I did one of those facebook memes for "25 Things About Me" and item #22 was that I have always known I would have a girl and then a boy.

People have been asking me if I want a boy or a girl. I quite honestly replied that it was fine either way. A boy would be nice to have one of each. A girl would be nice to have sisters, which I never had, and we have all the girl stuff. I just knew I wanted two children and I would not be upset either way. But, from the very beginning, prediction notwithstanding, I have felt that this baby was a boy. Everything about this pregnancy has been different. I'm carrying different, my acne is so much worse (ugh, it's awful), and my boobs got huge* right away, symptoms are different, etc.. And I just had that intuition.

So I kept telling everyone that I would be shocked if it was a girl. And it was.. a boy! I was right! I know with two kids that I had a 25% chance of predicting the right genders in the right order but still, I just knew. :)

So then it was on to the 3D portion. Now obviously the 3D section is really just for fun. I mean, it doesn't really give them any more info except maybe if there is a cleft lip or facial deformity or something. But this lady spent all of two minutes and we got nothing! In her defense his hands were both over his lower face and the cord was literally right across his eyes! We saw an ear. That's about it. Then she declared that he was not going to cooperate and the session was over. I swear the whole thing lasted less than 10 minutes. I have some really beautiful pictures of his kidneys, etc. That's it! Not even a 2D profile! Grrr! I have gorgeous pictures of C that I could have used to pick her out of a lineup at birth. You can even tell today that it is the same kid!

So anyway, I'm disappointed about that. But, obviously I'm thrilled that everything is fine. My placenta is nice and high, baby looks great, and I haven't bled in almost a month. Hooray! Things are good. I had thought about going to one of those elective ultrasound places when my in-laws were going to be in town next month but now they're not coming. But with the complete lack of pictures we got I may do it anyway now! We didn't even get the arrow to the penis shot that says "I'm a boy!". :(

So C was a bit disappointed. She wanted a sister, unbeknownst to me. She keeps saying she's having a baby sister and now I reply, "No, you're having a baby brother." Then she says "Maybe next time." Sorry kid, this is it! :)

*Huge for me is like yahoo, I have B cups!