POTUS

I decided on a fetus name: POTUS. Phaetus Of This UteruS. POTUS the fetus. It has a nice ring to it, don't you think? I just put those letters together randomly, indeedy doo.

And along those lines, I thought I'd share the most recent photos of POTUS. Here she is at 13 weeks:

And here she is a couple of weeks ago, at 20w:

Isn't it amazing? You can see her face. You can even see much of what she will look like in 18 more weeks (please let it be 18, even 16 would be OK, just not 20!).

OK I say she, but I don't know for sure. Like with Jared, we decided not to find out, we like the surprise at the end (David was the first person to say "It's a boy!" for Jared, which I think is neat-o). But before the ultrasound, I just had a hunch it was a girl for a variety of reasons, based on how this pregnancy has gone compared to last time. (Of course as my sister, the mother of two boys, says "With my second, I knew it must be a girl because it was such a different pregnancy from the first." But I swear, this is different :-) And during the ultrasound, although he didn't linger around the relevant area, as he scanned the body I am pretty sure I saw a glimpse of nothing where something should be.

So I choose to think it's a girl for now. If it's not, that's cool too, and then the surprise will be even more of one. During Jared's pregnancy I had a hunch it was a boy as well, and hey I was right - what are the odds? 50% you say? Oh.

At any rate, this is my virtual stake in the ground. In four months I'll know if I was right.

Doesn't she have a beautiful face though?

Comments

[KZ]

She is beautiful! I love 3-D ultrasounds. There are some benefits to being AMA, lol.

To chime in with your sister, I thought my first two girls were boys: the first, I just had a "feeling" and had a dream she was a boy. The second, it was a different pregnancy, and I had a dream she was a boy, so of course, she had to be a boy. The third, I had a dream she was a boy, so I thought that meant she had to be a girl since my previous dreams were all wrong, LOL! We didn't wait for the surprise, though.

Boy or girl, just from the brief insight into your world from your blog, I think you'll be a wonderful Mommy to POTUS! (Like the name, hee hee)

KZ

[aithne]

Without a doubt, the most breath-taking ultrasound pictures I have ever seen. Wow!

[Said quoted sister]

So you've met my "daughter", right?

This is how we ended up with the reaction of (and I quote) "Are you shitting me?" when it was announced (by daddy as well, love that!) it was a BOY.

Ahhh, good stories, good times.