The Little One

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I guess it's time I should update. It's been almost 2 weeks since my last ultrasound - the BIG ultrasound!  We're now beginning month 5 of this pregnancy and everything is going well. As well as a pregnancy can go I guess - of course there's the fatigue, feeling like I have no control over my emotions or my appetite and other lovely symptoms and surprises of pregnancy. Most importantly though, our little troll is doing great! :-)

Anyways, just a little update on the soon to be new addition....

Beansprout is a..... GIRL!!!!

We were told by my doctor about a month and a half ago that our little one is probably a girl, but when my husband began interrogating the doctor for a specific percentage of certainty, she only said she was 60% certain. So, almost 2 weeks ago we went to our specialist and we were shown "girl parts" I'm assuming that's a decent probability Beansprout is a girl anyways! :-)

AND she's not looking so much like a bean sprout anymore!

GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She has her little fist to her mouth in this one! :-) 
It was AMAZING to see all her organs - her heart and all 4 chambers, her brain, her kidneys, her stomach and all the other systems that make her well...HER! We were able to see her features such as eyes, mouth, nose, hands, feet, ears basically everything I'm going to be spending so much time loving, cuddling and kissing soon in September! :-)


So now, we're looking at names - something other than "Beansprout." I *think* and I *hope* we've found the perfect name for our daughter, but Arild and I agreed to wait a bit before announcing it just so we can toss it around and use the name at home for a while and give it a test run. I won't go into details about the name search because it seems like a good idea for a separate blog post. It is a little trickier to do considering we need a name that can be pronounced the same in both the US and Norway, so I think it's a blog-worthy topic.

Comments

Unknown said…
congratulations!!!!!!!!!
May 2, 2013 at 1:01 PM
H. Bratset said…
Congrats!!! So exciting! My husband and I also tried to find a name that we loved that also worked well in both languages, and I think we were successful. Best to you and your growing family!
May 2, 2013 at 9:00 PM
Evelyn Sand said…
Thank you both! :-)
May 6, 2013 at 9:08 PM
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