So, I've had 4 ultrasounds so far. Seems like a lot, but two were normal prenatal (10 and 20 weeks) and the other two were emergency. I got shingles at 7 weeks, so they wanted to make sure there was a heartbeat and all that, and everything was growing properly and that the shingles hadn't harmed him. It was fine. They used that to confirm dates. I already had one booked for 10 weeks to confirm dates, and he was already ahead of the game for size. So, any dates that are printed on the photos are off. I'm further along than they say on there. 20 weeks was normal, let's check out all his organs, size, etc. Still big. And we thought we were having a girl from what we saw on the screen. BC Women's wouldn't tell us. We wanted to know, but there are policies against that at 20 weeks. 21 weeks, I started having some pre-term contractions so they wanted to make sure everything was ok, and that's when they told me it was a boy. And well over a pound already (big for 21 weeks) and in the 97th percentile for growth. Not shocking since Mike is so tall. So going back you can see how he's grown and changed.
Our alien blob at 7 weeks.
10 weeks. He's the little bean between the two markers.
Side view at 20 weeks. He has the same nose and mouth as his daddy. You can tell by the little upturn at the nose, and the little bow lips even then. The big black mark near the bottom is his bladder. At this ultrasound we thought it was a girl. Looking at it now, it's clearly a boy if you see the tube leading from his bladder.
21 weeks. It's a BOY!!! Right to the left of where I put "BOY" you can see his boy bits.
His face at 21 weeks. I added text to point out what different things are and make him less alien like.
21 weeks. His left leg. And a bit of an explanation on why my belly is so big. He's a big boy.
