Ultrasound yesterday. They were behind schedule so we had to wait for over a half hour for our turn. The couple two appts ahead of us brought their entire family into the ultrasound room. There must have been six or seven people in there. It’s not a large room either. For some reason this struck me as ridiculous; I see it as a private thing for parents, not a show to entertain the relatives. You never know what you might see in there. Also having a big crowd present might oh I dunno, slow things down and cause the clinic to get behind schedule. ANYWAY.

The baby is a lot bigger than last time. It seemed harder to get a good picture of the whole because of her size, and because she of course moved around quite a lot. But the tech got all the pictures needed. She was a little concerned about the position of the placenta near my cervix, but it’s still so early, the placenta will surely shift out of the way by October, if it does what it’s programmed to do.

At one moment the baby yawned. That was really neat. 🙂

We spent some time at the end focusing on her pelvis, looking for the presence of “boy parts.” The tech hadn’t seen anything like that thus far and seemed pretty certain we were looking at a girl. I wanted to make as sure as possible. Finally grabbed a still shot showing my daughter’s wee little privates, definitely not male in any way.

It’s nice that we can say “she” now. Saying “it” all the time was starting to feel weird.

We went to Target afterward to get a couple things. Passed the “girl toys” aisle and I was, as ever, horrified by the proliferation of pepto-pink “princess” costumes, followed by a row of slutty Bratz dolls. I hope she won’t turn out like that, if she’s her mother’s daughter. Her house will be full of books and music and animals and art supplies.

I think we will probably have one more ultrasound… not sure when. I think they will want to check on that placenta again, among other things. I’d like to keep them to a minimum though. I’m not one who needs to “take a peek” at every opportunity. There will be plenty of time for that, when I don’t let this baby out of my sight for the first few weeks of her life.