BC2 - week 18 - but we don't know quite yet...

It's been a crazy time having waited and waited and waited for this appointment to come.  It meant not doing some blood work because we knew that would come back with screwy numbers (my body does not calculate for babies on the normal distribution curve and that makes doctors a little anxious - hello boys, it's just statistics!).  So, everything we've been hoping for has been really riding on this appointment.  Feeling the baby has been somewhat reassuring but actually seeing and letting Beca to see will be a whole different ball game.

So while we were waiting today, I had a series of frustrations - first, still dealing with a sinus infection and I can't hear real well.  Steve was talking in his early morning Barry White voice so I couldn't hear anything he said to me unless he was visually in front of me and I could see his mouth move.  Frustrating.  Then I had another run-in on decision making at work - an infuriating topic that started with me asking questions in November - when will I learn my lesson that questions just lead to frustration?  Oh wait, that's why I'm a Quality engineer - my job is to ask questions.  Dang rock and a hard place...  Then third, Chase is the worst mortgage company to deal with.  And even though Steve talked to them yesterday, they called today (after over a minute of the automated voice telling me to hold on that they were trying to connect) and had no record of  him calling.  And the woman calling could barely speak English so every question I asked her did not appear to be on her script and she would start all over again by saying her name and that she was calling on behalf of Chase.  ARRRGGGGGHHHHH!  I needed a good scream but was warned not to frighten the dog, which was good advice because that just makes her crazy.  Luckily, I've been offered Pei Wei and who doesn't love a fortune cookie on a day like today.

From Baby Center this week:

Head to rump, your baby is about 5 1/2 inches long (like the size of a bell pepper) and he weighs almost 7 ounces. He's busy flexing his arms and legs — movements that you'll start noticing more and more in the weeks ahead. His blood vessels are visible through his thin skin, and his ears are now in their final position, although they're still standing out from his head a bit. A protective covering of myelin is beginning to form around his nerves, a process that will continue for a year after he's born. If you're having a girl, her uterus and fallopian tubes are formed and in place. If you're having a boy, his genitals are noticeable now, but he may hide them from you during an ultrasound.

Anyway, our appointment is coming up shortly and there will be a post on what we find out.  Just hoping this one can "perform" like big sister always has for pictures (yeah, even for ultrasounds she performed).