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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

The ultrasound!

The whole ultrasound experience was truly unreal. I had NO idea how impressive this technology is until seeing it in real life! We had a student technician that took her time, explained everything we questioned, and took wonderful still shots and printed them for us. As she was traveling through the measurements we all got a clear shot of the baby spread eagle, no penis in sight, and the perfect vertical line between her legs indicating a vagina. By the time the certified technician came in to verify all the measurement, she had politely closed her legs around the cord, so nothing could be seen. We all knew was we saw though, and I promptly went out the next day and bought a handful of adorable little girl outfits that weren't all pink and frills, since I know that oodles of that is bound to get gifted.

I'm still blown away by all the things that could be seen inside there. We saw her swallowing, sucking her thumb, kicking, wriggling, arching her back, and just being incredibly active in there. The checked various measurements, her kidneys, the four chambers of the heart, and different ventricles in the brain. I can't wait to do a 3D one closer to Christmas so we can see her again!

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