Thursday 6 December 2007

Meet my Alien Baby

I went for my first ultrasound yesterday. I am 18 weeks along, and I haven't felt the baby move. at. all. At this time with Sacha, he was already making his presence known, so I have had the old mother panic that I wasn't really pregnant, that there was no baby, that I was getting fat for nothing. Well, I guess eating ice cream and chocolate every day would do that to me anyway.

The ultrasound was an eye opener in several ways:

  1. There really is a baby in there.

  2. The baby really knows how to boogie!  It made for a very long ultrasound process, as it wouldn't sit still long enough to get the photos and measurements they need for morphology.

  3.  In the future, I should totally disregard their requirements to drink 4-8 oz glasses of water, having been sent to the bathroom not once, but twice, to empty first a cup and a half, then 2 cups.  Anyone who has had to do this knows it is not easy to just let a little pee out.  And then there I am, the Power Pee-er.  I can void an overflowing bladder in under 10 seconds.  Probably closer to 5.  I was chanting to myself "hold it, hold it, drip drip drip."  It seemed to do the trick, but I was still in very near danger of dribbling in my pants.

  4. The baby will be a girl.  We don't know this from the ultrasound, but hear me out.  Look at this picture of our little joy-bundle:



My little alien baby





It looks like an alien, no?  Aliens are green.  Ivy is green.  Therefore it will be a girl and her name will be Ivy.

Flawless reasoning.

PS - Tony actually thinks he saw a penis, but honestly, the way that kid was moving, it could have been ANYTHING, like a little pink bow or a cute barrette. I hold true to my logic.

14 comments:

  1. Sounds like perfect logic to me! :-)

    When I went for the ultrasound for my second baby I remember having to pee so badly that I honestly wanted to cry. But, nurse reminds you twelve hundred times before appointment: must. have.full.bladder. so I didn't pee. I finally got in to the ultrasound and the technicial was all "Wow, you must be really uncomfortable, why don't you go let some of that out." Ugh!

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  2. My first, BC, kicked me like no tomorrow! But my second, eClaire, just moved. slowly. turning. and. spinning. never. really kicking.

    So I think you are right! It's a girl. Ivy is a lovely name!

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  3. With my first child I did the whole drinking of the water and peed about six time during the session. My bladder jsut continues to fill right up. With my second I did not drink and they were able to see just fine. I think the whole full bladder thing is a cruel trick they play on pregnant women. They don't have a baby kicking them in their bladder.
    We got the "Money Shot" as my husband would say and we are clearly having a boy!
    I also like you line of reasoning, reminds be of the Monty Python "she a witch" logic.

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  4. Aw, sweet! And I totally agree with the not drinking thing. I never remembered to drink extra water and they were just fine.

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  5. Impeccable logic. I did the same thing with the water, it was nuts.

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  6. HI!
    The ultrasound guy here said that I didn't have to drink water for my u/s, because it was a pregnancy u/s. He said if it was for another reason I would have to. weird.
    And I love your logic too! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you! :)

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  7. Ivy is beautiful. I'm sure her barrette had a smashing rhinestone on it too (just hope it doesn't cut you on the way out - that would not be pretty).

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  8. Regardless of the boy/girl outcome, you could always call Chris Carter and tell him you have an alien extra all lined up for a new X-Files movie! Yeah!

    Just kidding! She/he is going to be beautiful/handsome, no matter what!

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  9. Your logic is undeniable.

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  10. Another Ivy makes 3! Love that name. Love your alien.

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  11. YEY! She's adorable. (Doesn't it crack you up when people say that? Uh. A blog? Adorable. Totally!)

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  12. wow...has it been 18 weeks already? man, time flies!

    and by the way...cutest alien baby evah! ;)

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  13. thats wrong there is nothing wrong with that baby be more respectful

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  14. Daisy: You clearly have no sense of humour. I feel bad for you.

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