straight As!

So here's our 20-week ultrasound! (The picture at the left is a profile of baby's head and chest, lying down.) For those who don't know, some facts: this is our last scheduled ultrasound, so the next time we see the baby (unless something goes wrong) will be in person: How exciting!

This was the big one where they check all sorts of fancy measurements to make sure that baby is growing well, no defects, etc. It's really amazing how much you can see - the little heart valves, the shapes of the kidneys, each tiny vertebra - what a gift!

This is also the one where we had the option to find out baby's gender, and we didn't - so we're locked into the 'surprise' - we all have to wait for March (hopefully). And to dispell a few myths: no, sex isn't clearly obvious, and no, the radiologist doesn't know either - they don't look unless there's a problem. "God only knows" (haha)

So after we got all the measurements, etc. the radiologist came back in and said, "Congratulations: this is your baby's first straight-A report card!" - hurray - if we only ever see one A-report, this is definitely the one that matters :)

Then she did a 3D reconstruction, which is medically meaningless as far as I can tell, but really freakin' cool! It's like a live image of baby's features - here are some little feet (the small 'growth' out of the right leg is just artifact). The head and face pictures are definitely the best, but I only have those on paper, sorry!