Home Sweet Gibbs: First Ultrasound

July 20, 2012

On Friday, we had our first ultrasound. Phil and I were so excited that we took that day off for our "Baby Day." In the morning, we had our ultrasound appointment with Dr. Korey, and in the afternoon, we had our monthly checkup with Dr. Reinhold.

This was the big appointment where, if you wanted to know, you could find out the baby's gender! After weeks of talking about what we were going to do, we finally came to a compromise. Up until a few weeks ago, Phil was just fine with finding out our big surprise in the ultrasound room. However, suddenly something changed. He had made up his mind that he wanted to be surprised... in December, when the baby arrived. I, on the other hand, was so excited to find out, and still thought it would be fun a surprise any time you found out. A planner and nester by nature, I wanted to take full advantage of modern technology and learn the gender of our baby ahead of time, to prepare for his or her arrival! Before the big arrival, I was dreaming about decorating a welcoming nursery appropriately (either tailored for a little boy or girl) and thought it would feel more personal if we could finally refer to the baby as "her,"or "him", or "Baby Girl" or "Baby Boy," rather than just Baby.

So, we compromised and decided that we would find out before the baby's arrival, but not in the ultrasound room. Therefore, we didn't find out this day. Instead, we had the doctor circle the gender on a card, that we will open and reveal the big news with friends and family at our house warming party in mid-August!! That way, there is still the element of suspense, and surprise, and we will be able to share that moment with those close to us, rather than just the ultrasound tech and the doctor. Perfect solution!

We headed out to the new Cleveland Clinc health campus in Avon to meet Dr. Korey. What a great guy! So far, all of our doctor experiences have been wonderful. We were thrilled to hear that he thought Baby Gibbs looks healthy, has all of his or her pieces and parts and is on the road to being one cute little babe! After what seemed like only 5 minutes of reviewing all of the images from the ultrasound, he quickly wanted to circle his prediction on our card. Then, he signed and sealed the envelope for us. To be opened in about a month.... Hope we can wait that long!

Our card for the doctor to give us his best (hopefully accurate!) guess

After only a few minutes of reviewing, he quickly confirmed and circled one of the options above!

Which do you think he circled? Is Baby Gibbs a little BOY or GIRL?!?!

Tell us your vote on the right side menu!

The envelope is sealed! Not to be opened until mid-August! ;)

We learned that Baby's heart has 4 chambers now, which was beating/flickering so quickly on the screen! His/her kidneys, brain, arms and legs all looked good and right on track for a Dec. 15^th arrival. During the appointment, we saw the little one moving around constantly! Lots of movement in my belly! What an amazing experience to see a cute little baby kicking its legs on the screen, and then immediately feel those little kicks on my left side at the same time. It was confirmed that what I had been feeling these last few weeks were definitely little toes making their presence known! Quite a surreal experience. In addition to lots of moving around, baby also kept turning and facing us, as if to say “Hello out there! Who’s spying on me?!” Baby is already photogenic, as she/he kept looking right into the camera! Phil stared at the screen in amazement and couldn't believe that the baby on the monitor was inside my little belly!

After our appointment, we celebrated a good bill of health with Bob Evans, blueberry multi-grain pancakes, bacon, fruit and scrambled eggs! :)