Well, let me start by apologizing for not being timely with this pregnancy, haha! I was supposed to make a post at 20 weeks but it's now almost 24! Ah, well, that is what's supposed to happen with subsequent kids, right? Fewer pictures (definitely won't be us when baby is actually here!), fewer tracked firsts, more hand-me-downs, etc.
Anyway! Ok, so backtracking a bit...
On June 25th, we had our level 2 anatomy scan, which is just a fancy was of saying, 'Alessandra, you are now considered old and thus baby has a higher risk of genetic defects, so we look at baby more in depth on ultrasound.' First off, 34 going on 35 is NOT old, at least not in my opinion, haha! But whatever, we got an hour to look at our sweet Baby Seed (as Gabe & I have been calling him/her from the beginning). Back to the ultrasound... (can you tell I am pregnancy-distracted?) Everything looked good with baby aside from one "soft marker" for Down's syndrome. Baby had a little white spot on the heart. We spoke to a specialist after, and one marker is not super exciting or cause for concern. 50% of babies born with Down's have no markers, and plenty of babies with them are born normal. We declined any further testing (we didn't do any genetic testing in the first place since it won't impact anything we do at this point anyway), and we obviously won't love this child any less either way!
Baby was also measuring 5 days ahead at this scan, and s/he had a normal heart rate of 151. If I remember correctly, Gabe had a 130-140 heart rate most of the time, so maybe girl?? A lot of our friends & family think girl, and even Mr. 'I-only-make-boys' Craig is debating, but we'll see! We did not take the opportunity at this ultrasound to find out the sex, so we all just have to wait!
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| Baby's two feet |
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| Bottom of baby's left foot |
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| Baby's profile |
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| Baby's profile zoomed in a little |
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| Baby's head on the left and open left hand on the right of the image |
In other baby news, I have been nesting way too much (and procrastinating other obligations, ha!), and if anyone sees me attempting to buy more diapers, call the authorities! Our basement cannot handle the size of the stockpile, ha!
I finished two baby blankets about a month ago. The gingham one was a cool new way to carry yarn without having to weave in ends (for the crochet enthusiasts out there), and the hearts one I made off of a crochet diagram, my newly self-taught skill.
I also could not resist getting little brother/sister onesies for when Gabriel finally meets his little sibling. How cute are these?!
Craig has been busy making repairs all around the house these last few weeks. Gabe's playground is finished, new deck stairs are in progress, and we finally have decent grass in the entire yard. Gabe has been 'setting aside' some of his things for the baby lately, so I guess we are ALL in the process of nesting.
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