20 Weeks: It's a WHAT?

TWENTY WEEKS! I'm half way done with this pregnancy! Can you believe that? Where has the time gone??

I'm starting to feel little movements every once in awhile.  One time was especially clear when Andrew got done drumming, I felt a distinct kick.  Awww, our little one is ready to pick up a set of sticks! :)

Babycenter.com: Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel- the length of a banana. (For the first 20 weeks, when a baby's legs are curled up against his torso and hard to measure, measurements are taken from the top of his head to his bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, he's measured from head to toe.)

He's swallowing more these days, which is good practice for his digestive system. He's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in his bowels, and you'll see it in his first soiled diaper (some babies pass meconium in the womb or during delivery).

Fabulous! Would you like to talk more about baby poop, or would you like to hear about the ultra sound?

There's our little kiddo.  I think that's a head and a hand.  They didn't label anything so I wasn't quite sure when I got home. 

The nurse started the ultrasound.  She pressed the little device against my belly and we got the see the baby instantly again.  She switched back over to the data screen and typed a few measurements in.  Andrew noticed the screen said Female.  He thought to himself, "Oh wow! It's a girl!" Then the nurse goes back to the ultrasound, moved the device around a little bit and says, "Well he's definitely all boy, and he's not shy about it."  Andrew goes, "Wait, WHAT?" Apparently the data he was looking at on the prior screen was MY data.  I would happen to be that female. 

So YES READERS, WE ARE HAVING A BOY!

Andrew is the last male Thornburg in his family.  The rest of the grandkids are girls.  So now I guess you could say the pressure is off! :) We're having a boy.  The Thornburg name LIVES ON! How exciting!