3D video of someone else's baby at 18 weeks

Here is a video like the one we saw during the ultrasound. This baby is in the 18th week.

In the 18th Week!

This week marks the beginning of the 18th week! I'm feeling "bigger" now, and I did get some M-jeans that should fit through all of this. Today I went in to get a blood test that will screen for genetic disorders like Down's, although the sonographer already performed a visual test on the baby; She said you can tell from the width of the neck, and gave the baby girl a negative on Down's. Fantastic!

In this 18th week, she's about 5 inches head to tail, plus some 2-3 inches for the legs. She weighs about 5 ozs at this point, which is about the size of a turnip.

Pregnancy at 16 weeks

This week I'm feeling fabulous, which is a wonderful thing because David and I had a housewarming party last night, along with my parents coming to town for two weeks!

I went to a Prenatal Yoga class this morning and was semi-disappointed to see that I'm the smallest of the 16 week-ers. I'd rather have a bit more of a belly, but this small pot will have to do.

Here's what the Internet says about this week:

Get ready for a growth spurt. In the next few weeks, your baby will double his weight and add inches to his length. Right now, he's about the size of an avocado: 4 1/2 inches long (head to rump) and 3 1/2 ounces. His legs are much more developed, his head is more erect than it has been, and his eyes have moved closer to the front of his head. His ears are close to their final position, too. The patterning of his scalp has begun, though his locks aren't recognizable yet. He's even started growing toenails. And there's a lot happening inside as well. For example, his heart is now pumping about 25 quarts of blood each day, and this amount will continue to increase as your baby continues to develop. See the baby size at 16 weeks >>

The Money Shot

Girls show three white lines. Boys show a "turtle" shape.

So after I asked the sonographer the 2nd time, "How SURE are you?" David was wondering if I wanted her to sign an affidavit or something. He said later, he could tell it was a girl too.

I just knew.

2nd Ultrasound

Today David and I went to the Anschutz Medical Campus to get the 2nd ultrasound, and here are a few images from our session. She said the baby looked great, and the spine looked "very good" for it's age, which is now at 15.5 weeks.


In these first photos baby the baby is in 3D, which we thought was just amazing. The statics don't show how SHE was kicking and moving her arms about... Yes, it's a girl! The sonographer checked, measured and checked the sex again. She sounded pretty sure of the sex.


But the really good news is that (and this part really haunted me the last few days) no Down's, Spina Bifida, or Cleft lip she could see. She looks very skinny, but her legs are growing fast!


We will tell Sam and Link tonite! David told me the boys were arguing over what they wanted: Sam wants a girl, and Link wants a boy! Maybe she'll be a very tough little sister...:)

It's Official...

All of my jeans - the $20 pair from Ross and the $120 pair from Macy's - non of them fit me at the moment. I swore I wasn't going to go to the other side and spend MONEY on maternity clothes...

I'm still not going to. Even though there are some very cute things at Japanese Weekend.

Yoga pants and dresses it is then! Watch for my stubborn a#$ in the fall when it's freezing out...

Your Pregnancy: 14 weeks

Welcome to the second trimester! This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb. Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb. In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces.