It's a Girl!

We had our long awaited appointment with Dr. Gomez today. It was raining this morning and traffic was terrible, but we were determined to make it on time, so we left an hour before our appointment. The office is only 8 miles away, but it literally took us the entire hour to get there. Ridiculous!

The ultrasound technician came in and asked us if we wanted to know the baby's sex. I told her we were DYING to know, so of course she saved that for last, after checking measurements and heartbeat and everything else. When she finally told us it was a girl, I started crying--I know, I'm a total wuss, but I couldn't help it.

Jenn had told me last night that I should drink a little caffiene this morning to make sure Wiggles was awake and moving around so they could tell the gender. I stopped and bought a Coke and drank about half of it (it was delicious, by the way, after 4 months of no caffiene!). When Dr. Gomez came in to take a look, his exact words were "look at that kid move!" So I think she's a fan of Coke--thanks for the tip Jenn :)!

This picture is a profile--the little black dot in her abdomen is her stomach, which he said shows she can swallow. They measured her to be right at 17 weeks, 3 days and about weighing 9 oz. Her heartbeat was strong and all measurements were perfect.