Baby Mac's 13 week Picture

So here he/she is at 13 weeks! It's starting to seem more real now that it looks like a little person instead of a shrimp. I can't stop staring the picture wondering what he/she will look like.

At the appointment on Monday, the doctor said everything looks perfect. Heartbeat was 174 and the nuchal fold (a little pocket of fluid on the back of baby's neck) was 1.5. Anything less than 3.0 is considered low risk for Downs Syndrome. Now I'm just waiting for my blood test to come back, but they are fairly confident that my risk is low since I'm young, healthy and we have no family history of trisomy disorders, so hopefully the bloodwork will just serve to confirm.

Next appointment is Jan. 12. No ultrasound at that one, just bloodwork and an exam (fun...) The appointment after that is when we'll find out the gender (20 wks). We are looking into independent ultrasound places that will do a 3D/4D ultrasound as early as 16 wks to determine gender because I am not sure we can wait that long. A lot of my girlfriends who recently had babies have had them done and loved it, so I'm hoping we can schedule it for sometime in mid-Jan. The extra $80 is well worth saving four weeks of waiting!