Introducing...Baby Kannel!
Any time I've ever seen other people's ultrasound photos, they always just look like gray fuzzy blobs to me. I had heard that when you're in there seeing your own baby moving on the screen, it's a lot clearer...not so much, at least for Steve and me on Tuesday. The technician did say Baby was lying in a difficult position to take good photos (spine up). We did get to see the heart beating, which was neat, but otherwise it was hard to see what she was talking about as she pointed out different body parts. (She turned the screen away from us and was able to identify gender, but we definitely want to be surprised!) Anyway, at the end, she pulled out the 3D wand to get better pictures of the face, and that was MUCH better than the regular 2D view.
The baby was being pretty stubborn (though as Steve's and my child, this baby has practically no chance of NOT being stubborn). Apparently he or she was napping and didn't care to move around for us. The technician was not all that gentle as she pushed and jiggled my stomach, trying to get the baby to move around--she even had me fake coughing--all to no avail. I was disappointed as I had hoped to be able to see the movements I have been feeling! But apparently it was naptime and Baby didn't want to be bothered :) To those of you who know Steve or me well--does this sound familiar??
This photo is my favorite--it makes me laugh because it screams, "I am Amy's child!" Baby has an arm across the face and is making an angry face--because he or she is SLEEPING and the ultrasound technician won't stop poking. I can just imagine him or her thinking, "LEAVE ME ALONE! I don't want to wake up!" All of you who have ever tried to wake me in the morning are laughing and shaking your heads right now.
Since the baby wouldn't move around for us, most of the photos are pretty similar (minus the angry face)--just up-close shots of the left side of the face, with the left arm across part of it. In the one on the right, you can see that the mouth is slightly open--lips were moving and the tech said Baby was probably drinking amniotic fluid. Crazy!
He or she weighs about three-quarters of a pound at this point, halfway through the pregnancy. I can't believe it's half over already!