Update: Maternal Fetal Medicine appointment

As of today, I am 18 weeks and 4 days! I had my appointment with the MFM specialist this week. They did ultrasound measurements, verified the sex (still a girl!), and took a look at the subchorionic hemorrhage. Thankfully, everything came out normal and my bleed has mostly reabsorbed! My ovaries are still pretty large, so I still have some physical limitations but I can deal with that. The doctor told me that my bleeding episodes were "very impressive" and so she wants to see me two more times, one around 30 weeks and another around 36 weeks just to make sure my baby girl is growing and within normal weight ranges.

The ultrasound tech also mentioned that she's sitting breech right now, and I wonder if that's why I haven't been feeling as much movement as I did the week before. I can't wait until she starts kicking harder and my husband can feel. (Yeah I know, I'll regret saying that later but I just waited so long for this!)

See, still a girl! :)

I'm really excited that everything is going well, and the holidays are finally here! I'm getting ready to stuff my face full of some yummy Thanksgiving food.

Update from 3D (sort of) Ultrasound - And Team Announcement!

So we went in for our 4D ultrasound at 14 weeks to find out the gender early. The owner said that 14 weeks would be fine for it, and if for whatever reason she was unable to see it we could come back for free in the next 2 weeks after. That was a win-win situation in my eyes, either find out the sex of our baby or get a free bonus ultrasound!

It was supposed to be a gender reveal plus a 4D (3D video = 4D ultrasound) BUT this little stubborn one inside of me decided not to uncross those legs for almost the whole time. So it really ended up being a 2D with 3D/4D sneak peek. But that's OK, because we were finally able to find out the gender!

On the top 2D ultrasound you can see a good picture of my current bleed (subchorionic hemorrhage). It's the black void between the sac and the uterus lining. The baby is almost staring right at it. I finally did get to see where the placenta was too, and it's on the opposite side of the bleed. BUT, what team are we you ask?
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TEAM PINK! I was totally not expecting that at all. For some reason I kept thinking boy. But, I wasn't holding out for either, I'm just happy to be this far. Though I must say the thought of having a girl and being sucked into the girly-girl world with frilly dresses and tea parties is sort of stressful. I've always been a tomboy.

So now I'm just waiting to get my specialist appointment. There wasn't an available appointment until the 25th of November. Sort of ridiculous but I still have my rental doppler. I check every other day or so just to be reassured by the heart beat. It was worked out well for me so far. I love it. Keeps me sane.