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Mom update from 21 weeks talking about ultrasound:
"Today is 21 weeks! I'm officially into the second half of the pregnancy. Big news from last week was that we had our 20 week ultrasound
and check up. As you all already know, we found out we're having a
baby boy and we are super excited! We are still adjusting to now
knowing what he is. We keep catching ourselves calling him "it" still.
The tech was trying to hint to me what he was when she was going to
tell us the gender by saying that we should bet breakfast in bed on
what the gender was, since Spencer had said he thought it was a girl. I
was so anxious to just be told that I didn't catch her subtle hint. I
just said oh I don't know, I can't decide what I think it is. Then she
said "well Spencer, you're wrong, there's his penis and scrotum" (sorry
for the juicy details :) ). We were both pretty shocked. I had my
suspicions of it being a boy since I wasn't as sick as I hear some
people get and I had been craving things like wings and meat both of
which are wives tales of it being a boy. Also he has been super active,
not that little girls can't be.
The rest of the ultrasound looked great.
The tech was very friendly and talked us through what she was looking
at. We were able to see the spine (which the tech called beautiful), 4
chambers of the heart in motion, boyhood parts, stomach, eye sockets,
lip, skull, hands, feet, etc. She took measurements of the skull, body
cross-section and femur (I think) and extrapolated his weight at 14 oz
which is heavy for what baby center says he should be. He has been very
active every time we get an ultrasound and the Dr/tech always comments on it. She would toggle between traditional ultrasound and 3D and could never get a great 3D shot because he kept shifting. We got some regular ultrasound
pics, but haven't had a chance to scan them in yet. They weren't great
because he kept moving, but we will still send them out, maybe in the
next email.
I've been feeling better this past week. We had a productive
weekend getting more things set up in our apartment. Last night I even
had enough energy to make it to the gym and ride the bike for a little
bit. We have started to talk about boy names and think about nursery
colors. We are all ears for name suggestions, we're pretty stumped.
We are referring to him as "Champ" for now, while he is in womb. My
brother suggested the names of Raptor or Steel with a middle name of
Champion. While we won't be pursuing any of those names on a permanent
basis, we thought Champ, short for Champion, was a cute nickname for
now. Funny story tied to that. We were actually telling some friends
last week about Jared's name recommendation. Our friends asked how old
Jared was, expecting to hear a response like 8 years old or something.
They were pretty shocked when I responded with 28. They are missing out
not knowing my goofy brother.
All in all, it has been a good week. We are really excited to
finally know our baby's gender. We are excited to plan for the arrival
of his little self. Spencer has been really cute lately talking to him
all the time. He has been able to feel him a lot easier now that he his
getting bigger and hitting harder. Spencer can feel him with just his
hand resting on my stomach as opposed to me having to place his fingers
in just the right spot to feel a little jab."
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