Short and sweet

We had my 18-19 week check today. The Dr was running about 20 min late. I am up 3 lbs from my last appointment (still down in total weight). We finally see the Dr and he walks in and asks if everything is good and do we have any concerns or questions. We say no and he asks "do you want to see your baby today?" We say sure and he walks out to set it up. We wait a bit and are walked to the U/S room. She asks why we are getting the u/s so early. We told her because he offered it. She gets to work. Baby looks good. She is pointing things out. She asks us if we want to know the gender. We tell her we would like her to write it down but dont want to know. She says she has a guess but isnt 100% sure. She also says she is having trouble seeing the face so we will get another u/s soon so we decide to just wait. She has me clean up and takes us to a room to wait for my OB. My OB comes in all smiles and says "we saw the gender? I know so I am going to make this fast before I spill it". he then tells us everything they could see looked good, downs and everything is low, he will see us in 4 weeks with another u/s at 27weeks.

We only got 2 shots of the baby this time here is the best one. Below that is the official report on the ultrasound.

Date: March 25, 2011

Ultrasound Examination Report

Technician/Reviewer: Deon Peterson, RDMS

Referred by: Dr. Savage

Indications: Rule out anomalies

AFP: n/a

Dating Summary from LMP: 18W6D

LMP cannot be entered because category is 'Pregnant'

Maternal Anatomy: WNL

Fetal Anatomy:
Lateral ventricles, choroid plexus, cerebellum within normal
limits. Orbits, lips, and facial profile not well seen. Four
chamber cardiac view not seen. Stomach, bowel echogenicity and
bladder appear normal. Cord insertion into the abdomen and
three-vessel cord seen. No spinal abnormalities seen. All long
bones visualized. No placental masses seen.

Placenta: posterior Grade 1

Presentation: transverse

Gender: not seen (a lie but they know we dont want to know at this time)

Amniotic Fluid: normal

Cervix: 4.49 CM

MEASUREMENTS:

BPD 19 W1D 4.34CM (lungs)
HC 18 W5D (head)
AC 18 W6D (tummy)
FL 18 W4D (femur)

US GEST AGE 18 Weeks 6 Days EDD 08/20/11