Ultrasound

Our next doctors appointment was in November . Everything went good the babies heartbeat was strong and the baby was growing as it should have for being 12 weeks along (3 months). The doctor told me that they would do an Ultrasound around the 20 week mark (5 Months). Christopher and I were so excited to be able to see the little addition to our family. It seemed that this would be the final thing that really made the whole baby thing "real" I guess you could say. Not that it was real before but this was the last thing that just made it really "real".

We went in for our December appointment. At this point I was 17 weeks along (4 Months and 1 Week). The doctor did his usual listening for the heartbeat and measuring my stomach to make sure the baby was growing properly. At this point the doctor got this sort of odd look on his face. Ya that is not what I was wanting to see as so far everything was going so well. He looked at me and asked when I got my first positive pregnancy test? I told him September 28th, 2008, I also told him that I had been really sick for the last month just after I had been to my yearly Obgyn appointment. He asked what Dr. Jo Cluney had said at that appointment. I told him that she said that I wasn't pregnant and that was just the results from the urine test. The doctor looked at me and said either Dr. Jo Cluney was wrong and I was further a long than they thought or I was going to have one big baby. He then mentioned that it was possible that there was more than one baby in there. I Was shocked to say the least. Ever since I was a little girl I wanted to have identical twin girls and dress them up in the same outfit but in different colors. I thought it would be fun to watch everyone try to tell them apart. The doctor said that an ultrasound was the only way to tell which possibility it was going to be. I was nervous but excited to set up the Ultrasound appointment. The first day that they had open was December 31st, 2008 (New Years Eve) I would have to go through the entire holiday week (Since my appointment was before Christmas) before I would know what was going on.

Christmas was great and the wait for the Ultrasound was not as bad as I thought. We went to the doctors office and sat in the waiting room. Christopher and I were so excited and nervous all at the same time. We went into the room and the lady explained what was going to happen. They were going to check for all these different things that can show if the baby has a certain defect or shows signs of something worse. That was all quite scary to think about, but it was good that they have these ways to detect all the different things that can go wrong before the baby is born so they know how to treat the baby when in comes out or before it comes out. Christopher looked at the lady that was going to do the ultrasound and before she could even ask he said we don't want to know the sex of the baby so don't ask. Don't say he or she or give any indication of what sex the baby is. There are to few surprises left in this world that we want to have this one. The lady said that now a days it is rare that people don't want to know the sex of their baby. It really didn't bother me not to know what the sex of the baby is and it was going to be fun telling people we did not know and see how they reacted.

The lady started the ultrasound and we were both looking at the screen. She first confirmed that there was only one baby in there. I was happy and kinda sad at the same time. I had gotten use to the idea of twins, but I do not think that Christopher had. She started showing us the different things that they look at. They look for Clef pallet, how long the humerus bone is and other things. Everything thing checked out great there was no signs of any defects or anything else. Then at the end she said ok so it looks like your about 25 weeks right? I was like no I am only 17 weeks. She said well by the size of the baby and what I can see you are 25 weeks. I was like ahhh ok..... are you sure....? She told me that she would estimate my due date to be April 15th, 2009. Wow almost 2 months from my origonal date. Both Christopher and I were shocked and couldn't understand how we had been told that we wernt pregnant in August but we really were.

The doctor said that we should come up and visit with him after the ultrasound so that we could look over what they had seen. We went up and told Dr. Mark Curtis what the ultrasound lady had said about the new due date and what not. He measured my stomach and said that it sounds about right because I was 25 inches which I guess means you grow 1 inch each month. The doctor said that urine tests can be wrong and its not really the best test they do. He said that a blood test would probably have been better, but at the time it was more like if we wernt we were not going to be to disappointed so we did not press the matter of another type of test. So now we are looking at a due date of April 15th, 2009 and we can not wait. We are so excited for our new little addition and are so excited to see if it is a little Rebecca or a little Christopher. For now we are going to ring in the new year 2009 which is looking to be a very good year for us and our new family.