It's a Boy!!

We received the results of the blood test on Monday, and that was "negative". This was quite a sense of relief for both of us! That meant there was no leakage of spinal fluid from the baby, so our odds of having a spinal deformity were low.

The ultrasound was scheduled as early as we possibly could - 18 weeks and 1 day. Both the sonographer and the physician saw no signs of spinal deformity. Apparently the brain is one of the first things they look at, and this baby has a perfectly formed brain! The physician went down the spine vertebrae by vertebrae and said with 99% confidence that the baby had a closed spinal column.

The ultrasound revealed a baby boy that is growing rapidly - his measurements place us ahead by 4 days! He is also breech at this point in time, but has plenty of time to move into position as he has plenty of room to move around. I have an anterior placenta, meaning it is in between the baby and my belly, so no baby movements yet. He is only 9 ounces and needs to be stronger to kick through all of that before I can feel him!