We had our 20 week ultrasound yesterday, and our first chance to see Astronaut. The first thing we learned was that he's breech right now (but not a big deal because there's plenty of time for him to turn around). Unfortunately, breech is a bad position for gender determination, and we weren't able to tell whether we're having a boy or a girl. The ultrasound technician thought we'd come back in 3 weeks for another look, since he wasn't able to get all of the measurements and checks that they look for, but at the appointment following the sonogram the nurse told us that our doctor usually doesn't have people come back until 32 weeks. So it looks like it'll be the middle of November before we get a chance to find out whether he's a boy or a girl.
We also found out that the hospital has changed their policy, and they no longer let you get a video of the ultrasound like we had for Abby. That was a bit of a disappointment. We did get a few pictures though, so that was exciting. And everything is looking good so far. We were able to see all the important parts (heart, brain) and the fun parts (face, hands). And everything seems to be measuring at right around 20 weeks, which is where the original due date had us. I was hoping that they'd find out that we were actually due a week earlier and Astronaut would be here in time for Christmas, but it looks like we'll have more of a New Year's baby.
Here are the pictures we have from the ultrasound:
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