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It’s a girl!!

kristi — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:09:46 +0000

Well we had our BIG ultrasound on Tuesday, July 15th. I am only 16 weeks along, but they were able to check all the major things they needed to check. So her brain is measuring just right and looks great, her heart looks great, her upper lip looks great, her kidneys and bladder look great, her hands and feet look great…. So we have a healthy baby!! No more ultrasounds now unless we need one for some reason, or if the midwives are nice and let us take another peak for fun at 28 weeks. She was also able to tell Jared that it’s a GIRL which completely shocked me when he told me later (I wanted Jared to be the one to tell me and not the doctors or nurses so I had them keep it a secret from me while we were there and he told me once we were home) because I have been expecting a boy all along. Her name will be Parker:) Most likely, Parker Rae. Jared is very excited to have his little princess and I am very excited for a little baby girl. It’ll take a little time to get used to the idea that I will one day have a teenage girl on my hands….:) So here are the pictures we came home with. There are a few that the nurse gave us doubles of, but we just threw them all in anyway. She’s looking like a real baby now!! She’s measuring about 9 centimeters which is good for her “age”. In some you can see her sucking her thumb, or possibly picking her nose as the nurse suggested. Then she kept lounging back and relaxing and not showing us if she was a girl or boy at first and so there are one or two of her with her arm bent and her hand behind her head as if she’s relaxing back. The last few are basically impossible to make out, but the really blurry ones seem to have a face on the right side looking off to the right (creepy!) and the last one is the one where she says it’s a girl.
Everything is going great with us and now that I’m in my 2nd trimester I’m not feeling any of the sickness anymore. I’m starting to show a little bit, but still not obvious to anyone who doesn’t know me. Pants are getting pretty tight:)

We’ll keep everyone updated whenever we get more news!!

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More ultrasound stuff!

kristi — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:58:29 +0000

We went back to the doctor yesterday (Wednesday, June 11th) for a test to see how at risk we are for Down Syndrome and other chromosome abnormalities. So that meant ANOTHER ULTRASOUND. This was an extra long one because in order to do the measuring she needed to do, the baby had to have its neck in the right position. Since it was curled up so much, she had to keep poking it to wake it up. Then it’d go crazy and kick and throw its arms around and everything. Never really got into the right position, though… Everything looks fine, fortunately, and it was amazing to see how fast the baby is growing and is actually looking like a BABY instead of a nut. So here are a few pictures from yesterday’s visit.

Also, this was the test that the doctor wanted us to have before he felt comfortable with us telling everyone the news. So it’s not a secret anymore! We are officially publicly pregnant:)

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Another doctors visit

jared — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:37:08 +0000

Here’s the new ultrasound picture. It’s a front view (not a side view like the first ones). The head is the big blob on the left. Those dark circles that look like eyes are not eyes. The blob on the right is its body. You can kind of make out limbs. Or at least arms.

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First baby pictures

kristi — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:44:19 +0000

Went to the doctor this morning for our second visit and got to hear our little baby’s heartbeat. Turns out we’re only 7 weeks along so the new due date is December 29th instead of the 22nd. So it might be a New Year baby instead of a Christmas baby:)

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