Most of you don't venture into the parenting forum...

So I thought I'd show off the baby for you guys...

No I haven't had the baby yet....but...

 

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee yay!!!!!!!!!!

 

shit, he/she is waving at us

 

Yeah, creepy, right?

When we were getting the ultrasound done, you could see the little hand flexing open and closed on screen...like s/he was waving at us.

 

too cool. come on you know if it's a he or a she...spilll... pweeeaaaaaaseeeee

 

we might know in 4 weeks, if the baby moves for us...

but no, no one knows right now...except the baby.

 

Cute!... I think.

Congrats.

 

I'm not so sure...the kid's hiding it's face! It must know something we dont!

 

It's trying to escape!

 

How come I don't know about this? Feels like s/he's still well kept inside of her/his little prison

 

how can a baby smell? They don't inhale.

 

Although I don't exactly want to smell the inside of a Uterus.

 

Actually, they do inhale. They breathe amniotic fluid. It helps develop their lungs so when they are born they learn to breathe more easily.

 

Oh. I thought they got all their oxygen through the umbelical cord.

Still, Amniotic fluid? I bet that smells disgusting.

 

They do get their oxygen through the umbilical cord. The inhaling of amniotic fluid is just practice. They don't do it constantly. It's sort of like warm-ups for a really big marathon. They can take breaks from inhaling without it adversely affecting their oxygen intake.

And amniotic fluid smells sweet, from what some mommas on this forum have said.

 

that ultrasound is great!!


Meagen (LiFe) got hers done on the 8th and shes only 5 months along. We were able to tell its a boy. we got lucky cuz at first he wouldnt move for us til she jiggled the ultrasound thingy.

I wish i could post pics, but i dont have a scanner.

 

you're expecting too? WOW! where have I been?

Congrats, Mr. Death! Bringing new life into this world

 

yeah. yours is way more developed than mine though. congrats to you too.

how come you had your ultrasound so late?

 

awwww! that's so cute! look at all those teensy little fingers.

 

That's actually the 20 week ultrasound...so this is 12 weeks old. But with everything going on, the last thing on our minds has been scanning this into our computer...

Our next ultrasound is in 4 weeks. Its going to be mainly to see what position the baby is in (hopefully head down), but we'll also try to sneak a peak at the genital area...if the baby will allow it.