Baby is a. . .Boy!

I have to say I was really nervous lying there, waiting for them to turn the screen my way, looking for any sign of something I could recognize. Flashes of grey formed a strange kaleidoscope as the technician ran the ultrasound wand across my belly. Sometimes she pressed hard, and it became slightly painful. She and the doctor checked for everything else first. Then they found the baby. They examined our baby's heart: four chambers, beating along at a good pace, major blood vessels in place. They measured baby's belly: a very round, perfect balloon, floating with a string tied to me. They looked at baby's brain, zooming in from straight down, showing this new world with its two hemispheres. They found and labeled kidneys, bladder, feet, arms, thigh bones, and spine. They commented: "wonderful spine." Then they looked to identify baby's sex. After a lot of waiting and prodding, even bouncing the wand on my belly, baby revealed he is in fact a perfect little boy. And they gave us the pictures to prove it. But my favorite pictures are of his sweet profile and when he touched his hand to his face. It looked like he might even be sucking his thumb. Finally he placed his hands together, seeming to clap approval at our further discovery of who he is.

Our sweet baby boy.