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Healthy, stubborn baby!  And, by stubborn, I mean...he/she didn't move ONCE during the entire ultrasound. The back was turned turned upwards, so the baby was looking down, and other than a few hand waves, he/she was contently sleeping. With the legs tightly squeezed. Immovable. Uncooperative. Just sleeping.

Aaron was nervous at first. Since the baby was bigger, it was harder to find the flickering heart right away, and because he/she wasn't moving, he immediately started thinking the worse.

And, I, uncharacteristically, was the calmer one. Mainly because I had felt this baby moving most of the morning and, in fact, during the 1-1/2 hours we had to wait. So, in other words, if the doctor was ON TIME, we likely would've been able to see the goods.

In an effort to get the baby to open those legs up just a little or to get him/her to move into a more cooperative positive for a little looksy, the doctor shook him/her, but there was not even a slight budge. This baby is a deep sleeper...just like Daddy! :)

So, my big gender reveal post will have to *knock on wood* wait until my next scheduled ultrasound on Monday, July 18th.

My doctor had Aaron and me SO convinced at our 13-week ultrasound with the "most likely you're having" prediction he gave us. He looked at our file and saw that he his notes had a strong conviction a month ago, but that he cannot match that today. Simply because there was nothing to see. Nothing.

But, that's all for the complaining, because other than that, our little Johnson is growing right on track and is a healthy little bugger.

The heart rate was 142 bpm. Average.

Baby Johnson measured 18 weeks 2 days. On the calendar, I am 17 weeks 4 days. Above average.

Baby Johnson's femur bone measured to be 1 inch long. Random fact, but interesting.

Baby Johnson weighs a whopping half pound. Woo hoo!