She's got hoop dreams.

 

We had our 3D ultrasound this past weekend. I was just over 24 weeks along, which is a little earlier than I had it done with Camden. At 24 weeks, the baby still lacks a lot of the baby fat that they acquire a little later in the pregnancy, resulting in a more skeletal look. However, I really wanted gender confirmation done at this ultrasound (before I started doing any major clothes and/or nursery shopping), and they recommend doing that earlier in the pregnancy. So, 24 weeks it was.

This ultrasound place was awesome. We went somewhere different than we did with Camden. My experience with the 3D place we used for Camden's ultrasound was just okay. The ultrasound itself was fine (although Camden's face was nestled snuggly in my placenta, making for some less than stellar pictures), but the customer service was lacking big time. Looking back, I think they were just short-staffed, but when your entire family shows up at a certain time expecting to get their first glimpse at your baby and you sit in a receptionist-less office for 45 minutes without so much as a "Hey, we know you're here, and we're really sorry but we're running behind...", it kind of sets the tone for the whole experience. So, this time around, I did a little more research and found an office with excellent reviews.

Anyway. This experience was totally different, with the office manager coming out right away to check me in and offer me juice or soda to get the baby jumping. Then we (Matt, Camden, my mom, dad, brother, sister, and me) were called back to a cozy room with leather sofas and chairs and a large TV mounted to the wall. There was a comfortable bed for me to lay on, and then the show began. The ultrasound tech asked if we wanted gender confirmation and then easily identified and pointed out the girlie parts. So, yes- our baby is still a girl.

Unfortunately, my kids don't seem to enjoy cooperating for 3D ultrasounds. Just like her brother, this baby decided to hide her adorable little face, giving us only occasional glimpses. While Camden preferred my placenta as a pillow, this baby had her face buried in my uterine wall. It was still very neat to watch her hold the umbilical cord and then stick it in her mouth and suck on it. She even tried sucking on my uterine wall at one point-- I guess they run out of things to do in there!

Also? This baby is huge. Not weight wise, by length wise. The ultrasound tech said she couldn't talk about measurements because that would be getting into diagnostics and this was an elective ultrasound, but she commented repeatedly that the baby has extremely long limbs for 24 weeks. In fact, she is already head down and is so crowded in there that the tech feels confident that she won't be able to turn herself back around before she makes her debut. She said that her head is right on my bladder and that the pressure on my bladder will only increase as this pregnancy goes on. Fun! She also made a comment about me having such a small frame myself and having such a long baby (yikes!). I gestured to my 6'2" husband in the chair next to me and noted that he is clearly to blame.

We're very excited to meet our future WNBA playing (or runway modeling?) daughter in just a few short months!