A Little Fun

*My computer wigged out earlier and posted a half post so if any 

of you read and were confused, my apologies!!!

(I have included photos of our little one but you have to read on to understand

ALL the pictures !!!)

<---Bum over here and head this way--->

<----Head over here, bum at the bottom--->

<---Head this way, bum and little tubercule this way--->

Ever heard of a theory called "genital tubercle angle"??? Nope, well maybe you have heard of "the angle of the dangle"? Disclaimer here: we do not know what we are having yet. These pictures above are not ours, but they are babies who were guessed to be girls, due to the little wee-wee looking thing and the angle that points down. That little "wee-wee" looking thing is what you expect to see on all babies between 10-14 weeks gestational age. I know what you are wondering: don't they all look like shots of a boy??? You see, every baby has a little "wee-wee" looking thing at that age. But that is where the "genital tubercle angle theory" comes into play. The theory is that a female tubercle is slanted sort of straight/down toward the spine whereas a male will have it pointing higher than a 30 degree angle. (Google it if you need more info.) Now that we have something to compare these girly shots to,  here are some confirmed boy shots that are also 12 weeks along boys (when I say confirmed, I mean that they either now have had the child, have had a genetic screening, or an ultrasound at 20 weeks to discover the sex of the baby.)  And you can definitely see the difference between the boy shots and girl shots.

In this shot, the baby is a pretty obvious boy and the baby looks like he his sitting on his bum.

<---Bum and tubercle down there, head up here.--->

 

<---Head up here, bum and tubercle down there.--->;

And here are our little baby's pictures:

In the picture above you can see our little one a bit clearer. There is the cute face, his/her hand 

waving to us. The foot is closer to the belly and than below that is the little tubercle.

This is a zoom of the profile!!!

On the serious side of things, we had our nuchal translucency and CVS tests today. We did the ultrasound with the tech first, and she got some great shots of the neck and actually was able to get the shots needed to measure and look for the potential markers of a congenital heart defect. There were no markers showing, which does not mean we are free and clear yet, but hopefully shows some promise that maybe, just maybe, this baby will be heart healthy. Afterward, our perinatologist came in an scanned. It was beautiful to see that little heart just beating away. I swear you could see four chambers but the heart beats so quickly and is still small. But it was beating strong at 167. The last time it was beating at 189, so nice and steady. He or she kept waving hi to us and just was an active little one. It was pretty cute, if you ask me. It takes a while to set up for the CVS, because it is a sterile procedure and they had to track down some latex free sterile gloves. I will be honest: the amnio is worse, but a CVS is no picnic in the park. I am still sore and crampy and have to take it easy today and tomorrow and rest. I am also not to lift heavy items (like my 25 pound 1 year old) so he is off to Grandma's who was so sweet to volunteer to take him. We should have the results by next Monday, so we are in the waiting game for now. I go back in four weeks, when I will be 16 1/2 weeks along. We will scan the heart for 4 chambers, which will really bring some peace to hopefully see all four chambers. I will than have another ultrasound at 20 weeks and than a fetal echo around than also. It is crazy that I am heading into my second trimester come this Saturday. I am hoping to be out of the "morning-sickness" stage soon and to be feeling better.  This Saturday is a Walk of Remembrance that is held in honor of the little ones that passed away. It is at Thanksgiving Point and although there are always a lot of tears, it is a really sweet way to remember our little ones that left this world too soon. Well, I think that is about it for now. Enjoy the guessing game of what you think the baby will be!!! We will find out next week!!!