Ultrasound #5

Went for another ultrasound today! And got a lovely 3D picture of our adorable little one playing peekaboo.

It is a bit freaky looking I'll have to admit, but what a great chance to see her cute big cheeks and tiny ear. Technology is amazing.

We found out early on that there are 2 veins in the umbilical cord whereas normally there are 3, so the doctors have been paying extra attention and taking extra ultrasounds just to make sure that the baby is growing properly. It turns out she is growing more than properly, weighing around 2.5 pounds already, which is 10% more than average at 26 weeks. They predicted she would probably be almost 9 pounds at birth if she comes on time. But I never really expected that we would have a small baby anyway, since I was pretty enormous (10 pounds) and Morten wasn't small either. So, no surprise there.

We also found out that she is most definitely a girl. We knew that with about 90% certainty before, but this time they were 100% certain on that. Good thing we already bought lots of pink dresses!

Next week I've got to take some tests at the hospital, go to a consultation with the midwife, and then we will go on our babymoon to Vienna!! I'm so thrilled about that I can't even begin to say. It will be nice to forget everything for a while and just hang out in a cool city with my awesome husband, who by the way did the laundry, cleaned, and left me a really sweet note today "just because." What a guy!