20 Week Ultrasound!!

We're at the half-way point and Reuben and I went in for my 20 week ultrasound today. We were both very excited to see the baby and to find out how everything is progressing. We were very lucky to have our friend, who is an ultrasound technologist at Reuben's work, do our scan. She started the measurements (one of the femur first) and then went straight for the important stuff...the gender! Drumroll please....Reuben and I are very proud to announce that IT'S A BOY!!! The picture was very obvious and all of our suspicions about the baby being a boy were confirmed! :) The excitement continued as the ultrasound went on...the baby is measuring perfectly at exactly 20 weeks and we got to see him sucking his thumb and yawn! He is again face down (his favorite) and he likes to have his hands up by his face...same as his mother. :) Face down is not a good position to measure the heart or to get the cute profile keepsake pics so the technologist had me empty my bladder and walk around for a few minutes to encourage the baby to move. We took this opportunity to call our parents and share the good news. Everyone was very excited! When we got back he was in a better position and she measured the heart, which was beating at 147 beats per minute. However, as soon as she finished he flipped and was face down again! We got a lot of great pictures and they were given to us on a CD. I'm working on trying to extract some of the files from the CD's program and as soon as I figure it out I'll post them.

Overall, the ultrasound went very well and we are very thankful that the baby is healthy. He's been kicking/punching me for a week now. The movements aren't big enough for Reuben to feel yet...hopefully soon. Now that we know it's a boy we can narrow down our search for names. To keep with Reuben's family tradition, the first name will begin with an "R". We have a few favorites but we have several months still to decide! Everything else is going well with the pregnancy and I'm feeling great. More to come soon!