IT'S A............

GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Saturday 5/30 we had our ultrasound and found out that the baby growing in my tummy appears to be a girl!! Despite me being sure this one was going to be a boy, and the poll showing that others thought boy as well (with 13 votes for boy and 8 for girl), it looks like the girls will have a baby sister!! I do think Joe is nervous to have 3 girls in the house when they're all teenagers! But right now he's excited!! Now we have to figure out a name! The girls came with us to the appointment and at first Loren thought it was really cool to "see" her sister in there, but then she got bored of it. Kaylynn didn't really care at all!

The ultrasound showed the baby is doing just fine. HER (still weird to say) heart rate was 145. She probably weighs about 8 1/2 ounces and measures about 6 inches head to bottom (according to a website of babies at 19 weeks). She has VERY long legs, even the ultrasound tech mentioned how long they were! We got to see her kicking a ton and moving her arms around, but she mostly stayed curled in a little ball. They also noticed that the placenta is anterior (which means it's on the front of the uterus instead of on the back like it normally is). It's not a big deal, but it just means I won't really be feeling many kicks for a few weeks (which explains why I've only felt them a couple times) and I need to be careful about getting hit in the tummy. The placenta is still low-lying, by my cervix, but it's expected to move up as the uterus continues to grow. She's also breech, but it's still so early, so there's plenty of time for her to flip around.

Other stats, my blood pressure was 100/70 and my weight is 141 (I'm up about 11lbs, which is just right). Looks like I'm on the way to gaining 40 lbs again like I did with the other girls! :)

Here are the ultrasound pictures (they aren't the best because she was so curled up, but you can see her legs stretched out to the right):