Today was the ultrasound and we found out that we are having a girl! And just one! The technician got 2 good shots that told her it was a girl. Her heart was beating at 152 beats per minute and they estimate she is 1 lb right now. The estimated due date was right on based on the measurements - so November 10 is still looking pretty accurate.
It was really surreal to sit and watch her up on the screen, especially when she would move around. I couldn't believe all that was going on inside my belly! The technician pointed out her head, hands, feet, heart, kidneys, spine... I think we got to see it all. The pictures above are a side profile view of her head and I think her hand was up there too. Everything looked good.
I, however, had another fainting episode lying on the table. This one was likely brought on because I was laying on my back and the blood flow was getting cut off. It didn't last long because once I finally told the technician I wasn't feeling well she told me to roll over to my side. I felt better pretty quickly. She assured me that these symptoms are (unfortunately) very common.
This brings the "spell" total up to 3. I had 1 last night too. I was sitting on the couch a couple of hours after dinner, so I don't think it was low blood sugar. However, after talking to the nurse, it was probably due to having my feet up - which also cut off some of the blood flow. Apparently these spells are my body's way of telling me to switch positions, eat more, or take it easy. How nice of my body to communicate so well!
It was really surreal to sit and watch her up on the screen, especially when she would move around. I couldn't believe all that was going on inside my belly! The technician pointed out her head, hands, feet, heart, kidneys, spine... I think we got to see it all. The pictures above are a side profile view of her head and I think her hand was up there too. Everything looked good.
I, however, had another fainting episode lying on the table. This one was likely brought on because I was laying on my back and the blood flow was getting cut off. It didn't last long because once I finally told the technician I wasn't feeling well she told me to roll over to my side. I felt better pretty quickly. She assured me that these symptoms are (unfortunately) very common.
This brings the "spell" total up to 3. I had 1 last night too. I was sitting on the couch a couple of hours after dinner, so I don't think it was low blood sugar. However, after talking to the nurse, it was probably due to having my feet up - which also cut off some of the blood flow. Apparently these spells are my body's way of telling me to switch positions, eat more, or take it easy. How nice of my body to communicate so well!
