21 Week Update

First of all, I thought I'd share the great news that Steve received the all clear from the doctor so is finally back at work. While it's been quite some time, somehow I think he'll be jumping right back into it and will busy again in no time. Now that he's working during the week, he'll have to save his organizing and baby preparations for the weekends!!

Since we hate to go more than a few days without some type of doctor's visit, I had another ultrasound yesterday to check the baby's measurements and my cervical length. The ultrasound technician commented on the baby's big feet, long legs, and long arms and after glancing at Steve concluded this was not surprising at all. She then told us that he already had a nice tummy, which looked like a little bhudda belly! I told her that he definitely sounds like our child!

They also checked my cervix as they tend to find that women who go through IVF have a greater risk of a weakened or short cervix. While it is measuring 3cm (anything over 2cm is good), it is funneling which means the internal portion of the cervix (portion closer to the baby) has begun to efface. Provided it stays as it is, everything should be fine, but the doctor wants to keep a close eye on it to ensure it doesn't change. For now, they'll continue to check it every two weeks and let me know if any change in activity is needed.

We got some great pictures which I pasted below. While he's only a pound, he certainly lookjs like a little person! The first one is my favorite ... in the last one, he's supposedly smiling but I'm not totally convinced.

Nursery

We finally made our first big purchase for the baby ... bought our crib and changing table system!! It will take a few weeks to get here so we've got time to clean out the new nursery. Fortunately, there's not a whole lot in there and Steve can do it in a few hours. We decided on the Pottery Barn Sleigh Crib and Madison Changing Table System.





We also picked out the bedding ... Eli's Elephant Nursery Bedding.



Now that we've made decisions on the bedroom, we need to decide on all the other big stuff (strollers, car seats, etc.) As it's Steve's first week back at work, I figure I'll let him have this weekend off from baby stuff and we'll tackle it next weekend!

And the results are in...

IT'S A BOY!

We were lucky enough to go for a complete anatomy scan where we were able to see more than I ever imagined was possible. The scan was amazing ... it was about an hour and a half and we got to see the chambers of the heart, the brain, kidneys, fingers, you name it! All is looking good and our little boy is even measuring a few days ahead of schedule. (Shocker!) He almost didn't cooperate but at the very end, the technician had me get up and change positions and that was enough to show us what we needed.

The pictures are hilarious and he is definitely a boy!