Last Friday Bruce and I went to the doctor for a check up and to hear the baby's heartbeat! It was super exciting to finally hear the heartbeat especially since it took our doctor a little while to find it! The heart beat was between 160-170 and the doctor let us know that an old wives (yes wives and not wise) tale about heartbeats is: "The faster the heartbeat the more likely you are to have a girl." Then when I was telling her about how I was feeling, I mentioned my nausea seemed to really only come at night. She then said according to an old wives tale: "If nausea comes in waves and is less severe then you will most likely have a boy." So, we will just have to wait an see! Overall the baby is still very healthy and we will continue to pray for a healthy baby and an easy uneventful pregnancy!
Our next appointments are August 12th and August 26th! August 12th is for a NT which is a sonogram that will check for down syndrome and is about 92% accurate. They also said that we would be able to find out if it was a boy and be about 95% sure if it was a girl. Since it is not an exact 100% what we will be having Bruce does not want to know, but I do ...sooooo I just might have to keep it a secret for a little while! (; Our appointment on August 26th is a routine check up with our doctor. We will hear the heartbeat again and begin talking about what hospital we want to deliver at! So, a lot more exciting news coming SOON!
Sounds fantastic! Glad everything is going great:) Is Bruce going to want to know at the 20 week mark give or take a few? I don't think I'd be able to take not knowing till you had the baby! Keep up the good baking:)
ReplyDeleteBruce does want to find out at the 20 week mark, so you wont have to wait until the baby is born! (o: I however am not that patient and want to know as soon as possible! (Even if it's not 100% positive);o)
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of them finding out that early. How do they do that again? Is it a test like an amniocentesis? Either way im super excited to hear what they think it is!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's basically a 4D sonogram and they measure the back of the neck to check for normal or abnormal growth. I guess because it is 4D they are able to tell or make a prediction on the forming sex organs. Our OBGYN told us that the doctor who is performing the test has never been wrong when predicting a boy, but is about 95% right when predicting a girl. Soooo, it will be fun to know what he predicts! Well, I think so, anyways!
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