Surprise, surprise!

The Level II was awesome!!! I want to do that every single day.

So I'm not accused of holding out on you guys, I'll get right to it - SHE is healthy and growing well. Yup, that's right. SHE. It's a GIRL!!

Apparently my maternal intuition is complete crap. My predictive pregnancy dreams also lie. And my fantasies of a baseball-themed nursery have been put on hold.

And I could not be happier about it! Shocked, surprised, stunned - but also really really happy! So my fantasies of cute dresses, tea parties, all-girl rock bands (she'll play base), and all things purple have kicked in. So exciting!!

The scan itself took almost 2 hours, with several breaks of me just laying on my side or moving around in an attempt to get the girl-critter to move around too. She was very active at the beginning (I fed her sugar of cookie and apple juice ahead of time) and we got most of the measurements. But after about an hour, she got bored, curled up, and took a nap. So we are missing 2 heart measurements (of 6 total). So I get to go back (WHOOO-HOO) in 2 weeks for another peek. Which delights me to no end. The doc and tech are not concerned, but just want a complete report. Fine by me.

I am also incredibly relieved that she is healthy. We looked at most parts of her, measured bones, skull, brain, kidneys, heart, lip, and all sorts of other things - and everything was perfect. Huge sigh of relief. And they also did a quickie vaginal u/s (can't escape the dildo cam!!) to check on my cervix, which was long and closed. Hallelujah! I can now relax a bit and begin to plan for the future. Which I had not let myself do much up until now.

So a happy day of surprise and relief. :)