I Love Sonograms!

I had my second official sonogram today (actually it was my sixth including the ones my docs did in their office). I LOVE SONOGRAMS. I love that the technology is available. I love finding out the sex. I love seeing the baby and the peace of mind that brings. I was nervous of course and as with all my baby-related appointments I barely slept last night.

When the technician first started the sono, the screen just looked like gray blurs to me so I focused on the tech's face to see if she frowned or widen her eyes or anything that could indicate she saw something wrong. I didn't detect any microexpressions and eventually the images started to make sense to me so I focused on them instead. It was pretty great.

The first thing I saw was a beating heart. Ah, relief. I also got see see her face and the tech confirmed that we are having a girl. As a parting gift she handed me a slew of face shots as well as one from between the legs which I could have done without. I'm not quite sure what to do with it. Do I save it to show the kid when she grows up? I am certainly not going to scrapbook a photo of genitalia.

Later in the day I had a regular appointment with the nurse practitioner to ease my mind before we take off for Yellowstone tomorrow morning. As far as we can tell everything is okay with the baby and thanks to Sharon and Wendi for providing babysitting for my appointments.

To celebrate (and to ease the pain of getting fatter) I bought myself some maternity clothes that actually fit. I also bought a baby food processor at Buy Buy Baby. The cashier asked when I was due and when I said September. She said, "Oh, are you having twins?" As soon as I got out to the parking lot I called the manager and complained. I mean, come on! This is a baby specialty store. I huge proportion of the customers have got to be pregos. "What not to say to a huge hormonal pregnant woman" should be part of their basic customer training.