12 week u/s

Today was my 12 week u/s.  I was there FOREVER...although not as long as I was there for SR.  But the u/s alone took almost an hour and a half.  This clinic has changed a lot since I had SR.  When I was pregnant with SR, I had to go elsewhere for the b/w at 12 weeks and 16 weeks.  Now the clinic does it for me.  Also, I was released from the clinic at 12 weeks last time (except to review my IPS results at 18 weeks).  Now I'm kept on with them until my anatomy scan which I will have done at 20 weeks.

Tomorrow is my OB appointment.  It was originally scheduled for mid February, but I thought that was too long to go between being released from my clinic to my OB.  But now I'll be seen by my clinic until mid-February anyway.  Oh well.

The u/s went well.  All parts are accounted for.  I thought the NT (fluid behind the neck) seemed a little high. At first the tech said 2.5mm, but then she measured again and it was 2.3mm.  I just went back to look for SR at 12 weeks and of course I didn't write it anywhere.  My RE said that the 2.3mm is normal and just fine.  And I know that it goes along with the blood tests now and in 4 weeks from now to determine if everything is fine.

Baby 2AB has a heartbeat of 167bpm.  That is faster than SR was at this point.

What do you think of this?  The tech said to me early into the u/s, "Do you want a boy?"  I said, "I just want healthy."  Then later on, when my mom was called into the room, she pointed out the "nub" and said that she thinks it's a boy.  She didn't ask if I want to know gender (which I do, but not everyone does) and then she said that she's been wrong before - told a family at 12 weeks it was a boy and then at 16 weeks told them it was a girl.  I looked online and research shows that all babies have a "nub" at 12 weeks but it's the direction of the nub that can determine.  She did not point out the direction at all.  And so I have another 4 weeks until my next u/s when maybe they will know.  But with SR, at 20 weeks they weren't certain but they did say it was a girl.  Keeps me guessing.

I came home and told my mom I was going to trick my dad (who thinks I'm crazy for having another baby).  He asked how it went and I said, "they found two babies."  My dad reacted in the worst way.  "How will you take care of three babies?  What will you do now?"  C'mon, Dad!  I only put in one embryo.  Chances are super slim that the one embryo would have split.  Plus, I've already had several u/s.  So gullible.

A former close friend, who still has me on Facebook - I don't remember if I blogged about our falling out and why I decided to just cease communication - posted today that her and her husband are expecting #2 in July (that's when I'm due!).  It's interesting how we are so different that way.  I will tell my friends directly when I'm ready for them to know.  The public who have me on facebook don't need to be privy to everything in my life.  And especially when I am just nearing the end of my first trimester and am not showing at all (except to me).  I guess people show their excitement in different ways and I tend to be more private.  Hope I didn't offend anyone following me.  To each their own.  Just this particular "friend" won't be finding out about my pregnancy because we don't live near each other or have similar friends, and I won't be posting on facebook - at least for some time when I have told my friends directly.  

Still have migraines from not being on meds...it's pretty terrible but manageable.  Hoping I'll get to bed early tonight, but I want to try to write a post to publish tomorrow wishing my SR a happy 2nd birthday.