"These are the days you might fill with laughter until you break...then you'll know how it was meant to be..." -10,000 Maniacs, These Are Days

Baby Boy Carroll!

From what we could tell today, we are having a baby boy! (We were given a 90% accuracy on that...but Brian and I are pretty sold on it...I mean there was definitely something there!) It was a bit tricky to tell at first b/c he had the umbilical cord between his legs and he was in a breech position. Thankfully, he moved a little later, and we had a clearer shot! We'll confirm on Monday at our next ultrasound!

The BEST news though is that EVERYTHING looked super healthy! I mean huge relief. Of course I cried because I was so thankful and Brian just grinned ear to ear! I had some serious issues sleeping last night waiting for this appointment, and I had major upper back pain due to tension...so the back pain has gone away now, and I have some lingering neck pain, but NOTHING like last night! (I'd say my stress levels have gone down, which has to be good for our little one!)

We are just so thankful that everything looks normal! We saw his heart and all of the chambers looked great. Russ (my doctor) also measured and he was measuring perfectly for 16 weeks. We checked out his brain and it is all where it should be, as well as his nuchuel fold, which also appeared normal. The vein and 2 arteries that run through the umbilical cord were all there and functioning properly...so basically everything looks great!

Brian and I are really excited and after next week's appointment on Monday (the official check for everything) we should be "in the clear"! The great news is that it is looking like everything will be ok this go round!

We're going to start looking at names pretty seriously and come to a decision shortly, so of course I'll keep you updated on that one as well!

I'm just so thankful! Thank you for all of your prayers, text messages and thoughts, they are HUGELY appreciated!