Letters to Lyla and Lottie: pregnancy

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Sunday, March 6, 2011

30+ weeks

5 comments Posted by Todd & Chelsea at 3:32 PM

Here is the one and only prego picture I have. Taken around 32 weeks. Anyway, here's some other updates about this baby

BOY OR GIRL??

That is the question...we are still trying to answer. My office does an ultrasound at 30 weeks. When we went in the tech said she wanted to double check gender because she looked back at our images and felt the genital shot wasn't very clear. Hmmm. She looked and looked and couldn't even get close to the genitals because she's in the breech position and the anterior placenta doesn't help. We left with "hope it comes out a girl". YIKES! Did I mention the PINK room is all set up? And the PINK clothes are all washed and hanging in the closet...NON refundable?

HOLY HAIR?

The first thing the tech said at this ultrasound was "wow, look at all that hair!". You could see it flowing around. Obviously, we NEVER heard that with Lyla, lol. I guess that wives tale about heartburn and lots of hair really is true. Cue the worry that this baby is going to have more hair than Lyla.

HOLY CHUBBY?

The tech also said this babe is about 1.5 lbs bigger than average babies at this gestation. I have also been measuring a little on the big side (but within a normal range). My doctor later clarified that she is actually at the normal weight..in the 60th percentile. That was relief.

Either way, this baby seems different from Lyla in about every possible way. Lets hope they share the same goodies though, because I'm a planner. and I didn't plan for blue.
We'd love HIM just the same though I guess. So here's to just over 6 weeks and counting....

Sunday, February 6, 2011

The ultimate pump fake

1 comments Posted by Todd & Chelsea at 2:23 PM

Just before Thanksgiving I went in for my standard Dr. Apt and slipped in a little whine that since the ultrasound tech is out of town, I will have to wait until AFTER Black Friday to learn the sex of this little babe. Tragedy, I know. Sooo, My nice doc offered to take a peek for me later that day. We were So excited. I think I was more antsy to learn the sex of this baby than I was with Lyla (I was too wrapped up in worrying about her being healthy..that sounds bad but you know what I mean).

Anyway.

Probe on belly...deep breath...silence..."Looks like there's the scrotum".

I heard a little girly giggle from Todd and we both smiled at each other, "no way!"

A BOY?!

Guess this babe was sitting right on my cervix (or something) so doc said lets do a quick vaginal ultrasound to get a really good picture. Ugh. I change, not five seconds later he says, "I can't believe it...but the baby flipped".

Another 20 minutes (while Lyla cries thinking I'm hurt) and the doctor says "I'm not quite sure anymore".

We left with a "pretty sure" guess it's a girl. Talk about pump fake!!!

5 days later we learned we're having a GIRL!

I know it was tough on Todd and who can blame him? All guys want a boy no? I can't tell you how excited I was however, to learn that I get ANOTHER amazing little girl. Little sisters. Little best friends. Little matching dresses. Little mean fighters. All those little girly things that they'll be together. I swear, there's nothing like girls.

That's the story of this baby's big reveal. The dr said she's stubborn. I can't wait to meet her. I've already bought matching dresses.