Ultrasound Update

I thought today would never come. This is my third ultrasound in my 18 weeks of pregnancy. And I was most anxious for this ultrasound.

Two weeks after I missed my period, we saw a baby bean with a heart beat in Hawaii, just a few centimeters long. Still, I did not feel pregnant. With Son1 I was fighting to stay awake at work at this same point. With Son2 I was hugging the commode around the clock. The ObGyn assured me the heart was beating, even though I did not have pregnancy symptoms.

At 13.5 weeks pregnant, nearly starting my second trimester, my new practice wanted to peek at the baby. I felt no pregnancy symptoms, and was really worried. I had not gained any weight. The nurse practitioner spent a lot of time peeking, and assured me once again all was fine. She showed me my super active baby. I had not gained any weight to this point.

At 17.5 weeks I expressed my concerns to my ObGyn. Both of my boys were really active at this point already. She suggested maybe I was so stretched down there that I could not feel anything. I had no linea negra for the first time, and still no pregnancy symptoms, except for dry heaving over a dirty diaper. We listened with the doppler and she found kicks far before she found a heart beat. She heard movement all over my uterus. People were shocked when I said I was pregnant. If you saw me either of the last two times you would understand their shock. Before I always stuck out as soon as I took the pregnancy test.

This week was my high level ultrasound. The technician took 60 pictures for the radiologist before she let me see anything. I expressed again that I was so concerned that I wasn't feeling the baby. I had not gained much weight almost half way through my pregnancy. I had not even regained weight to my prepregnancy weight with either boy. I wore my own clothes to the ultrasound, not maternity clothes. She listened without saying much. She left to start paperwork and I sat alone with Hubs and Son1. I asked Hubs if he really thought everything was ok.

She returned and showed us around my uterus. Baby #3 would not lay still! Baby sucked the thumb, somersaulted, and definitely was active! I felt none of this! She kept pointing to body parts, and I kept expecting her to tell us something was very wrong. But finally, she asked if we wanted to know the sex of the baby.

I knew that this is traditionally the last question asked in an Ob ultrasound. We all said YES! And the most relieving words to hear were, "It's a boy!!" I knew our ultrasound had come to an end. I knew that the last thing the technician said was "Congratulations!" And it finally sunk in! A healthy baby boy is joining the Farmer family!