Thursday, June 30, 2011

12 weeks

I went for my NT scan a couple days ago and everything looked great! I got to see the baby bounce around the screen for almost an hour. He/she was not very cooperative and it took the tech forever to get a measurement. I could see it's little legs kicking and arms waving around. A few times it would even suck it's thumb. I'm also pretty sure that the baby is going to love the camera because it kept turning towards us everytime the tech would try and take the measurement. Then by the end of the appointment it must have had enough because it kept turning and mooning us, lol. I asked the doctor if he could make a prediction on the gender but again the baby was not cooperating. First it's legs were crossed and then the umbilical cord was in the way. We were just about to give up when we finally got a clear view. Unfortunately the little wiggle worm was moving around so much that the doctor was having a hard time judging the angle of the dangle. At first he said that if he had to guess that it was a girl but then a second later said he thought boy. The tech then chipped in that she also thought it was a boy. The doctor said the baby was moving around too much to get an accurate answer so not to buy anything pink or blue. The most important thing though is that all the measurements came back awesome. Chances of downs syndrome is 1 in 5,000 and chances of any other chromosomal diseases is 1 in 10,000! Woo Hoo!!!!! The baby was also measuring a head of schedule which moved my due date to January 4th now. The doctor said it's common for the due date to move around as long as it stays within the week. I'm going to stick with the 6th though since it seems to be in the middle of the doctor's estimate.

Here is a pic of the baby at 12 weeks:


As for everything else I am feeling great! My morning sickness has almost completely gone away now and my energy is definitely coming back. What isn't so good is that the other day I was cleaning out the baby's room and dropped a cabinet on my foot. It immediately swelled and turned black and blue. I went to the ER and they didn't want to take x-rays since I'm pregnant so I'm not sure if it's broken or not. They gave me this big blue orthopedic shoe that I have to wear which sucks. On the plus side I am actually starting to get a little bump not that isn't just bloat :)

Here is a pic of my bump at 12 weeks: