Finally! It's a................GIRL!

We went to the doctor's again this morning to make our second attempt at finding out what we're having. She started out measuring different things like the heart, kidneys, lungs and bladder. She said the stomach and bladder were full which showed that the baby could swallow and take in fluids and then dispose of them. While doing this, we were able to see the baby yawn and wave. Finally, the tech moved down to the determining area and the baby quit moving. I told her that I would do whatever needed including standing on my head as long as she could tell us what we were having when we left. She said ok and started shaking my stomach pretty hard. This startled the baby enough so that she was able to see the necessary parts for a...... GIRL! We asked her about five times if she was sure and she said absolutely. So we can now break ourselves from the habit of calling the baby "it" and start using "her". We're proud and very excited to say that we are going to be the parents of a little girl.

Another exciting thing for us right now is being able to feel the baby move. I have been able to feel it off and on very lightly for the past 2 weeks or so but last night was the first time Aaron was able to feel it too. It's still not very strong yet but definitely unmistakable.

These 2 pictures were taken today. The first one is a profile of her head and face on the right. The body cavity is in the middle and down the left. Right above her nose is a small white spot. That's part of her hand. Wave hello! The second picture is also of her face and head but she's turned slightly and facing you so that her features look larger. Her hand is up towards her forward.

Her heartbeat today was 156/bpm. We go back next week for our regular appointment. We should receive our next and final ultrasound picture around 28-30 weeks.