So we arrived in the parking lot a few minutes before our appointment and my Mom was already there waiting for us along with 4 of our friends. We all go into this back room where they have a bed/table, sofa/couch, and 2 folding chairs. The sonographer asks me to lie down on the bed and then the sonographer squirts the ultrasound jelly all over her belly. Luckily the jelly is warm otherwise I might have bounced off the table or something worse.

The sonographer started out in 2D to figure out the baby's position and then converted into 3D. How amazing it was. To see our baby's beautifully developing face and see her move. Simply amazing. If only the walls of Congress were covered with these photos! The sonographer moved back to 2D and we all saw the baby's heartbeat, stomach, and bladder. The sonographer turned on the Doppler and we got to hear the baby's heartbeat. Nice and Strong. Then the sonographer moved down to the WHO-HA area and confirmed that our baby is a girl. According to the sonographer 50% of babies have swollen genitals. That is why sometimes little boys look well HUNG when they are 1st born, but actually it is just swelling. Similar to poison oak of the nuts. Little girls can have swollen labia as well.

The doctor asked me to relieve my bladder. So I immediately sit up and instead of wiping off my belly, I make a B-line for the door. Only I forgot to pull up my pants that are around my hips. After coming back from the bathroom break, I climb back on the table and the doctor squirts more of that U/S jelly stuff on my belly and the procedure continues. The baby has moved and is facing backwards as if she is camera shy. The Sonographer asks me to roll on my right side, then on my left side and the baby just rolls right along with me. It wasn't until my Mom came to the rescue and tickled my belly that the baby started to move back into the camera's angle. So for the rest of the U/S, I would giggle and laugh to get the baby to move.