18 Weeks - IT'S A GIRL!!!

So, I obviously suck at this updating on what's going on in our lives on a weekly basis, but, two times in a month I figure works well enough.

We went to our first ultrasound last night and IT'S A GIRL! We are so ecstatic for her to come. We're going to name her Savannah Lynne, and she's already beautiful. Stubborn as ever and beautiful! The ultrasound took a long time because she was so wiggly and squirmy! It's amazing to see that baby on the screen and see it moving.

Last night as we were sitting there I seriously started pondering abortion. Something the doctor has brought up is that they can do an amniocentesis to see if there will be any genetic defects or anything wrong with the baby. I refuse to do needles any more than I have to, so obviously that was a no for me, but I was talking with my mom about it and we were just kind of saying what would I do about it if I knew something was wrong with my baby anyway? I'm not the type of person that would have an abortion. I believe life begins at the moment of conception, and I've never thought of this baby as an embryo, or something not living.

But last night as I was watching my baby on that television screen and seeing her heart beat and her wiggle and squirm around, I seriously contemplated how someone could have an abortion at this point and not think they're murdering their baby? Seriously, you can see their heart beating, and you can see them move their limbs and you can see the blood flowing to all the various parts of their body... I can't even imagine...

Anyway, I didn't mean to get quite so deep, but being pregnant that's kind of a touchy topic for me I guess. Back to the ultrasound.

We got to see her brain, and we could see both temporal lobes and the cerebellum, we got to see her profile, her feet and toes, her arms. It was great, when we were looking at her brain, at one point you saw her arm just woosh across the screen! My baby girl moves! Hopefully I'll be able to start feeling her move shortly... That will be so exciting!!!

We also got to see her kidneys, and her stomach, and her diaphragm, all those parts that are developing. The coolest though was her heart. You can seriously see that sucker pumping blood and beating. Last night she was at 150 bpm, which is a very healthy heart beat apparently.

And then we found out gender. Dave was really hoping for a boy, but after he found out it was a girl, he seriously could not stop smiling. Our little Savannah already has daddy wrapped around his finger. It was so cute this morning when he woke up kissed my belly and said good morning to her.

I love my husband, I love my Savannah, and I can't wait for her to come!

Hopefully I'll get around to getting ultrasound picture put up. I'll work on that in the next week or so...