We're having a...

 It was a big week! 

On Tuesday it was ~anatomy scan~ time.

This was very exciting, and for me- kind of stressful. Up until this point, the only thing we knew about the baby was that they had a heartbeat and were moving around (I feel them move all the time now!). We did not do any kind of genetic testing beforehand, so we had no idea if the baby was healthy, growing normally, etc.

So as exciting as this ultrasound was, I was pretty nervous! I was thankful that David was allowed to come with me. I've heard that in other states husbands can't come to any ultrasounds or pregnancy appointments because of Covid.

Thankfully, baby cooperated with the ultrasound and showed us what they were right away! Then for almost an hour, the ultrasound tech went through every single thing. They counted the fingers and toes, looked at each chamber of the heart, and so much more! It's amazing what you can see when the baby is still so small. Apparently their heart is only the size of a quarter. 

Everything looked good! Although we're not at the finish line, I feel like I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. I haven't bought any baby stuff up to this point, but I'm so excited now that things are looking good to start planning and shopping.

They grow up so fast. ;)

So are you wondering what we're having? 

I was never super into the idea of gender reveals, but we decided to do a little something special for my parents and sister/brother-in-law. With the stresses of IVF, I didn't get to surprise them in a cute way that I was pregnant. I just sent a group text that said something to the effect of "I guess the test was positive but my HCG is on the low side so who knows." Not very exciting. And I wasn't happy or celebrating at that point. Now it's time to party!

Basically, I prepared 9 gift bags with a clue in each one. 5 clues pointed to our baby's gender, and 4 pointed to the other gender. Some were straightforward like just pink or blue items, and some were puzzle type things. There was a word search, unscrambling letters, and even some Hebrew translation haha.

20 weeks- halfway there. I had to accessorize with pink and blue.

I had my family open the bags one by one and we kept a tally of how many clues pointed to girl/boy. I loved how it worked out because it came down to the last bag!

And the last bag revealed...

we're having a boy!!!

Yes, I know some of you will laugh at this. I've been a bit laughing myself. It's hard to picture myself raising a boy. Let's just say I tend to be on the girly side. 

But we are excited. :)

The main thing I'm not excited about at the moment are names. I know exactly what I would have named a girl, but I can't find a single boy's name I like. I like traditional names, but I just can't think of any boy's names that aren't either boring or not my taste. Thankfully, we have some time. Wish me luck!