June 14, 2018 we got to have our big ultrasound! Normally this would have been where we found out the gender of our baby. Since we were lucky enough to find out we're having a BOY at week 17, we weren't too surprised when the ultrasound tech announced that she to, agreed he was a boy. Thank heavens! I have to be honest with you, I was a tiny bit nervous that we would go to this appointment and it would turn out that the first ultrasound we had was really just the umbilical cord. Not that having a girl is bad, obviously I would have been happy with whatever, however I have already been planning on a boy! I've just felt the entire time that we were having a boy.
I had originally made my appointment for 3:30. Devin and I had planned on finding out the gender and then having a small gender reveal party directly after. I put my appointment later in the afternoon so I wouldn't have to go back to work. Since we found out the gender 3 weeks earlier, I felt that the day was going really slow. It probably would have been even longer if we didn't know the gender, but oh well haha.
When we got checked in and the ultrasound tech called us back, she put the gel on my tummy. For some reason, I always thought that the gel would be super cold! I always forget and I am always pleasantly surprised when the gel is warm. She asked us if we wanted to find out the gender -- with all these gender reveals going on, she didn't want to ruin for us. We told her we already knew and would like a confirmation. First thing she says when she put the wand on my tummy was "oh yeah, you definitely have a boy!" Next we got to listen to the heart. I feel like they never let you listen for a long time! It's always so short! It is just so amazing to me the things that you can see on an ultrasound. She made sure his heart chambers were correct and that they crossed in the right pattern. She checked his brain, his kidneys and his stomach. They look so small! She went back to get the profile picture of him. I have wanted one of those so bad!! I made the comment to her of, "do people just want to just sit an stare at their babies?" She said yes, and she just let us sit and watch him in the 2D form. The coolest thing happened, we watch him bring his hand up to his mouth and start to suck on his thumb, but then he did the biggest yawn you've ever seen! It was just so amazing to me that we just watched our little boy yawn! His little tongue poked out a little and it was all I could do to just not start crying. It was so cool. The ultrasound tech even said that he was one of the cutest babies to just sit and watch like that. The 3D pictures are always a little weird to me. They just look so deformed! She gave us a couple of those 3D photos. Again, it's just so weird to be able to see our babies face! I think he has a little piggy-like nose. I just cant even believe the technology that we have these days.
After the ultrasound appointment, we were supposed to meet with my doctor. We got called back and my nurse asked if we wanted to wait 45 minutes because she got called back to delivery a baby. We decided that as long as baby was ok, we'd be fine just making our four week appointment and going then.
After the appointment, we went to the new store that opened that day, Logan Outlet. If you have not been to that store, you need to go! They are a discount grocery store and a manufacturer's outlet. A lot of the food is either getting ready to expire or have just barely expired. Since they have other things other than food, they had a huge selection of baby clothes! Devin bought 3 little outfits for so, so cheap!! They are so adorable!!
We are so grateful for the technology that we have and even more grateful that our little guy is so healthy!
Here are pictures from the anatomy scan:
