It's (probably) a girl!!!

Well we had the big ultrasound appointment last night, and everything went pretty well. The baby didn't feel much like cooperating, as it was facing backwards towards the wifes spine, which made it real hard to get in and check out sex. All of the measurements and checks went well, as all of the body systems are developing and growing the way that they should be at this age. (Right now we are a couple of days short of 19 weeks) The sex isn't for sure, but as the tech moved the baby around a little bit, nothing dropped that would show a boy, and it looked like a labia was developing. It is too early to be 100% sure, but it seems pretty likely we will have a girl. Now the fun part of picking a name starts...

One of the neat measurements we got taken was the length of the femur. In one of our first ultrasounds a couple of months ago, the baby's entire length was about 2.9 cms. Last night the length of the femur alone was 2.97 cms. The growth is amazing. Right now the baby is about 9 ounces. What an exciting time.