U/S Update - the baby is... (18w4d) [u/s picspam]

A BIG FAT QUESTION MARK.

*sigh*

The tech, who was very sweet and very funny, said since some of the necessary shots weren't great, they might ask me to go for another, but that was just her opinion. So I'm definitely not counting on that, because there is little reason other than that for me to get another u/s and honestly, I don't WANT a reason to need one just to get the gender, you know? BUT (see, there is a total positive, right?) the reason the tech couldn't get a good shot was the baby kept moving ALL OVER THE PLACE. I'm serious, she'd go to point out something like "and that's the arm" only the actual words kept going more like "and that's the... well, that WAS the arm" because the baby kept flailing the body part away when she pointed to it. So I have an active baby (hooray) who thinks it's fun to tease me (Zane's genetic contribution :P).

The tech dubbed this fourth shot the disgruntled u/s pic:

Because the baby looks like it's going "ENOUGH WITH THE PICTURES ALREADY"

This would be the "you're having an alien" picture, which I honestly thought was hysterical - then again, I watch too many stupid movies like "Spaceballs" and Zane, being a geek, would think a alien baby would be cool if it meant he was an alien ;)


This is another from that same angle:


Finally, the whole baby, who decided being face-down was fun:



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So yeah, disappointed but trying to keep it all in perspective because I have a a living, active baby. With two prior losses, this is the goal - so explaining the "down" feeling I have really doesn't work without making me feel like a monster. I do know hormones are on the rise about this though, because I swear I will gnaw off the arm of anyone who goes "well won't think just be a nice surprise for you in May!" all cheerfully because damn it, it was just as much a fun surprise had we learned it today.

Also got the bloodwork for the Down's/etc check (the name escapes me at the moment) so I'm really hoping we don't have any false positives because even though I'm not going to worry about any possible positive because it likely could be false, it still isn't something I want to think about.

ETA: HR was 146.