So we finally had our ultrasound!! It turned out to be in a really big office building and we weren't sure where to go, but I must look pretty clearly pregnant despite what some people say, because a lady who works there saw us looking puzzled and immediately guessed we were there for an ultrasound and told us where to go, lol!! Our tech was a lady, which I was happy to see. I was really hoping for a gal, it seemed like it would be far less embarrassing that way! And, double bonus I found out, not only are they less embarrassing, but they have a deep maternal instinct which makes them happy to look at baby pictures and get sidetracked showing you everything about the baby!! We got 98 pictures in all, everything from profile shots to detailed pictures of the chambers of the heart and cross sections of the baby's spine. :-) She gave us copies of three of them, but is sending everything else to Kori so maybe we can get copies of some more from her once she has the files. Here's hoping!! He looked so good though, and was so obliging, showing off and moving around and sucking his thumb and everything! We got to see all his little fingers and toes, arms and legs and everything! One thing, he is measuring big for his age. Being an ultrasound place they assume of course that I'm off in my dates, so they said he's about 24 weeks, 5 days (6 days today) along, and my due date is the 9th of December. I had pretty good BBT charts though, so it's pretty obvious that I'm not wrong, he's just a little large. :-) He weighs about a pound and a half they said. I guess I'm getting enough protein, lol!!! The thing is, they wouldn't have believed me if I'd argued the point, and since I'm using a midwife it doesn't matter anyhow because she's seen my charts and knows how far I actually am, and is not going to be upset if I go "over" their projected due date and don't have the baby until the 29th. Although I do wonder if he'll be early, especially if he's big and seems mature for his age. The receptionist there was also due December 22nd with her first, and had him on the 30th of November! Wouldn't that be something! The other thing, though, is that because he's measuring big, they have him down as being well past 24 weeks, which is the "viability" marker. And since if anything were to happen they would use the ultrasound dates and not mine, I figure it's not such a bad thing for them to think he's old enough to not only be worth saving, but that it would be mandatory for them to try. :-) Still, it definitely explains why I'm showing as much as I am and seemed to be as big as Nichole... this baby is the same size as hers! I am sort of hoping it will be one of those cases, which are not unusual, where the baby measures big early on, but by the time he's born he's a perfectly "normal" size. Since two of his cousins so far have done that, it wouldn't be surprising. Either way I'm not worried. He's big, but not huge, and I am pretty certain none of my babies will ever exceed 10 pounds, and probably a lot less than that. I'm guessing 8.5 to 9.5 for a birthweight. :-) So we had a fantastic time, and although he definitely seems real, more so than even before, it's still hard to think he's actually mine, that I'm a Mommy and that I actually get to keep him forever!!! I don't have to give him back to his Mommy and leave, I actually get him as my own!! That is just astounding!! Jimmy says it's hard for him to believe it's real either. :-) He was so happy seeing his little baby, watching him move on the screen and everything!!