20 Week Ultrasound and Dr. Visit

I can't believe we will be 20 weeks on Monday!! We are half way through the pregnancy, and if the second half goes as fast as the first, he will be here before we know it! We are so excited to meet little Rowan!

I had my big 20 week ultrasound yesterday, I was super nervous going in because this is the one that they look closely at all the organs and extremities to see if they are all working properly! Tyler was cool as a cucumber, however, which made me feel better and off we went to the Dr.!

The ultrsound tech was super nice and took time to explain each little thing that we were seeing up on the screen.. everything pretty much checked out great! He is growing (9 oz, 9 inches long) and all body parts were measuring at the right size for how far along I am, thank the Lord!

The only small red flag we received was that he has a two vessel cord instead of three, which she said is very common with babies, so we will have to go in for extra ultrasounds to make sure that he is growing at the right rate. They also saw a bright spot on his heart which is a minor indicator for down syndrome.... of course when I heard this I completely panicked and started to tear up.... the tech assured me that with down syndrome you would see other indicators, and all of his other tests checked out, so she wasn't worried about it. They see this alot in the womb and it is almost always just fine. We are praying that he continues to grow at the right rate and that he is healthy!

Here are the pics of his ultrasound...

sucking on his finger!

fingers up!!

Apparently he already knows that he is number one... :)

I love his feet!!

Then our Doctor came in to talk to us... we love her, she is so friendly and calm and reassuring. She told us that in the next few weeks we should register at the hospital, aaahhhh!! I can't believe we are already at that stage of the pregnancy! She also gave us a schedule for classes that she recommends we take in the next 2 months or so before I get too far along.. I'm sure Tyler will love those! :)

We received a list of pediatricians that are nearby for us to check out and interview... she recommended that we stick to one that is close to home, I agree!! So we have some homework in the next couple weeks!

I will post a belly pic next week... we are excited to see baby Rowan again at our next ultrasound June 1st!