Mother's Intuition

...was WRONG because...

IT'S A GIRL!

And this was how I was greeted at my desk (notice the dreaded cubicle, which is in fact not so bad) this morning:

I have the best co-workers around, I tell ya - they sure know how to make a couple of girls feel very special!

Here are some facts:

- We are shocked.

- The tech is 90% sure (only 90%, I know, I was horrified) that she is a girl. Her cord is in between her legs and the 3 times in 30 years that the tech has been wrong were due to cord "misreads" - lovely. BUT, she was confident enough that she said I could tell people it was a girl and that there were NO boy indicators present. I will recheck in a month, but as she said, "bring on the pink!"

- Baby GIRL (gah - still can't get over it!!!) is 11 inches and 10.5 oz or about as big as a banana and as heavy as an orange

- She is a wiggle worm and flipped and turned and kicked and punched several times throughout the 40 minute long ultrasound.

- She falls right smack in the middle for all things height, limb, brain, heart, etc. related. Which is a good thing! She is following the charts right on.

- She does have a small Echogenic Foci on the left ventricle of her heart (basically a tiny white spot or calcium deposit). I wanted to share this because I am so curious if any of you other moms have ever had this with any of your babies?! The doctor said it was fairly "normal" and that they see it on a lot of babies. Most all turn out to be healthy babies with no reason for concern. It is considered, however, a 'soft' indicator for Downs Syndrome, and she was required to inform us. I have no other Downs indicators and my blood work is normal, so she said there is no reason to be alarmed. No further action was recommend, so we suppose we will adhere to her advice. As with any "abnormality" we are a bit concerned, but also trying to take comfort in the fact that everything else is spot on and we most likely have a 100% healthy baby on our hands. Of course, a good prayer would be much appreciated for our little one!

- Lastly, she's the cutest little thing around if I do say so myself. I will try and post some pictures later tonight, but the scanner really blurred the ultrasound pictures.

To celebrate, Baby Girl would like to show off her very first duds:

We already feel so blessed and so loved - thanks to everyone who has "checked in" on the three of us.

PS: YAYAYAYAAY!!