Luke's 5 Month Appointment

Whew!  That month went fast!

On Monday, January 19th, (19 weeks 1 day) Beanie and I were both of out school for MLK day. I knew this in advance so I scheduled my next appointment with the neonatal specialist for this day. This was actually supposed to be "gender reveal" day, however, as you all know, we went to a sonographer early to see what we were having. Unfortunately, I had a case of "pregnant brain" when I scheduled the appointment and scheduled it for a time that Dustin could not attend. I told him not to worry about coming as everything felt good, the baby was moving, and I knew I would get good news.

When we arrived at Dr. Hume's office, we were seen immediately. I was asked to sit on a table and the sonographer went right to work. Xavier sat in the chair next to me quietly the entire time. The lady kept mentioning how well behaved he was. He makes me so proud :)

She looked at Luke for nearly 30 minutes. It was great! She measured his little bones and his tummy. We saw everything and she pointed each perfect little piece of him out to us. Dr. Hume was in the room looking at all of the snapshots and as he saw he picture, he assured me that our little guy is perfect. Xavier kept saying "that's Mommy's Luke" and he was interested in the process. Of course, he spent the remainder of the day at home snuggling with me and acting like a baby. He insisted he was Mommy's baby and not a big boy all day. He is in for a rude awakening!!

We got some good pictures of our little guy and everything looked great. His heartbeat was 152 and he is estimated to weigh 10-11 oz at this time. The average baby at this gestation weighs 8oz so he is following in his big brothers footsteps :) Also, he is definitely a boy. She saw that the second she started the process.

We did have to schedule our sixth sonogram for February as they couldn't locate one of the valves leading to Luke's heart. She said that she is sure it is there and not to worry but because of his positioning (he is deep in my back), she wasn't able to get a good glimpse of it and therefore is required to have me back in.

Overall, it was a great appointment. Our little Luke is doing great and we are so thankful for him! Just over 4 more months to go!

Another "boy" shot

Luke 

Upside down in a somersault!

Here you can see his little face: eyes, mouth, nose and all!

Another "boy" shot!

Xavier acting like a baby :) haha