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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

It's a...

BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So excited! We found out today during my 15 week OB appointment. I've been having horrible migraines and I think the doc felt a little sorry for me so she gave me a little pick-me-up in the form of a little "sneak peek" ultrasound. Here's what we saw:

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15w2d
One VERY active little baby (HB = 155) wiggling all over the place and practicing soccer kicks. And yup, those are little boy parts according to the tech and then the doctor. I know one thing for sure, I never saw anything like that with Grace so I'm hoping they are right, otherwise we'll be in for a big surprise! I know they are pretty accurate these days, but you still hear of the occasional "we had everything set up in pink/blue and then BAM! our little he turned into a she and vice versa" YIKES!!!

Most importantly, about a week and a half ago I had the nuchal translucency ultrasound which measures the amount of fluid in the back of the baby's neck and other markers such as the nasal bone, etc. as a screening for Down's and other chromosomal abnormalities. The ultrasound combined with the bloodwork I had at 11 weeks is what I guess they call the "first trimester screening" (I don't know if this is a more popular elective screening now, or if it's due to being 30, but I don't remember having this with Grace). Anyhow, everything came out normal, and we're so excited that baby seems to be a perfectly healthy growing little bean!

At first, baby wasn't in the right position for the neck measurement so after walking around/drinking water/prodding the belly/learning more than I care to know about what a partial contraction of the uterus looks like on screen/asking baby to listen to his/her mama and TURN because it had been over an hour and Grace was growing restless, I decided we needed to switch gears and look at baby's other end :) Julie, the tech, humored me and we soon saw what looked to me like a little pyramid (he, he, he) - not quite the "turtle" that everyone kept telling me about for boys. Though she wouldn't commit to typing "BOY" on the ultrasound picture since it was so early, she said if she had to guess, she would say boy and printed this little picture for us:

14w1d
Excited but wanting to wait until we had confirmation that baby was indeed a boy, we figured we would have to wait until the "big ultrasound" at 19 weeks. But today, a little peek-a-boo surprise...So all this to say it looks like Hudson Rowe will be joining our family this June! Hudson because we like the name and Rowe in honor of Lance's grandpa Woodrow. Thank you God for the blessing of this little boy!

10 comments:

TaDa! Creations said...

Congratulations, I am soooo excited for you! Little boys are just the best. I love your name choice too, and how special for him to be named after his great-grandpa.

How is the nausea these days? I hope you are almost done with that part.

((HUGS))
Angel

Meandmyboys said...

Yayayayaya!! A little boy, how exciting. Grace is going to love being a big sister and I'm sure will have him help her cook and play dress-up :) Glad all the results came back good, isn't that such a huge relief? Finally, Hudson Rowe, what a beautiful, manly and classic name. Hugs to your growing family.
Love Heather

Anonymous said...

I am so excited for you guys! This is so exciting! Carson, Preston, Gavin and Hudson...oh what fun! The little boy gang!

Grace is gonna have to keep them all in line!

Courtney said...

Yea!! Congrats!!! Love the name Hudson. That was going to be Molly's name if she turned out to be a Boy!

Jenn said...

YIIPPPEE SKIPPY!!! How fun!! Need some boys clothes? We've got a ton :)

Congrats!!!!!

take a bow Jenn

Jessica said...

Awww...thanks ladies for your sweet comments! You made my day!!

And Jenn, boy clothes? Definitely!!! :)

~Jessica

Jennifer Paganelli said...

Love the name Hudson!!!!! Congrats !! Such an exciting time!

Virginia said...

I am so happy for you and Lance !!!
I am still marveled at the happiness and excitement that being a Grandma to Grace brings me... and now I will get to be a Grandma to a little boy ! Yeah !!!
All my love, Noonie

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