Ultrasound!

Happy birthday to me! What better way to celebrate turning 27 than having the "big" ultrasound?

Let me just say right off the bat that it was awesome.

We saw the baby's four little heart chambers beating and all its bones looked good. All its measurements were good. Heartbeat still good and beating at 160 beats per minute. And it has the cutest little baby feet. And it even rubbed its eyes which was really adorable.

But, apparently our kid is a little ham because it was staring and grinning at the ultrasound the whole time so we just kept seeing this gigantic skull face everywhere.

A little creepy looking, actually. And it was way clearer on the screen than in the printout we got. I'm sure it will be cute when it comes out though. Or at least hopefully shortly after...

Also, we did figure out the sex. We told the technician not to tell us, but not to necessarily hide it and if we figured it out, then we figured it out, but if we didn't, don't tell us. The first thing we saw was the butt shot, so we figured it out. But we're not telling anyone.

The only bad thing is that I am now on pelvic rest due to the location of my placenta. It is currently located right next to my cervix (not covering it at all) and is considered marginal placenta previa. Apparently it's pretty common for it to be located low at this stage and it will hopefully correct itself and move up as my uterus grows. I will have to have it checked again in a few weeks. Most (I think around 90%) marginal cases at 20 weeks will be corrected by around 28 weeks. If it remains too close to the cervix, I'll have to have a c-section. So think positive placenta thoughts!