20-week ultrasound.

Courtney had her 20-week ultrasound this morning. We now know--or at least are as confident as you can really be at this point--that it is a girl. (Sorry, Ross, but "Herman" is out as a name.) More importantly, everything else looked good. The baby had four limbs, two kidneys, and a functioning heart, and the placenta is in the correct location. So although we won't meet with the doctor until Wednesday, that is all good news. And she came in at a solid 13 oz., give or take 2. I think that's fairly big this far along in the pregnancy, so maybe she's taking after the Hanna/Herszenson/McNamara sides of the family rather than the Boebel side.

We've posted some pictures taken during the ultrasound. You can see the baby's face and fingers (the thumb is pointing almost directly forward so is harder to see). As has been common for the past few weeks, she was moving around quite a bit, and she never really turned to "face the camera." (Is awkwardness in photos also genetically inherited?) At one point, her lips started moving, apparently because she was drinking amniotic fluid. That was fun to see, but sort of gross to think about.

We'll visit with Courtney's doctor on Wednesday and might learn a bit more there. Until then...