We had our 16 week appointment on Friday, and everything looked great! We started with an ultrasound. It quickly confirmed that no cystic hygroma has developed since our last ultrasound. The sonographer said the baby's measurements are all normal and everything looks good. The baby was very active during the ultrasound- waving, bouncing around. We got some great pictures! We asked the sonographer to let us know if she could tell the gender. A second later she pointed to what were very clearly little boy parts :-)
After the ultrasound, we met with the doctor briefly. He said that everything looks exactly as it should at this point. We are measuring about a week ahead, but he said that is fine as we like big, healthy babies.
We go back in March for the anatomy scan which is a level II ultrasound and another meeting with one of the doctors. Assuming things look good, we think they will officially consider us a normal for the remainder of this pregnancy. Everyone at the doctor's office is very supportive. Again they offered to have us come back before the next appt if we get anxious or nervous. We will try to hold out until the next appt and not go in early and be too high maintenance :-) Kara has been feeling the baby move periodically for the last couple of weeks, so that definitely provides lots of reassurance.
Thank you all for all of the prayers and positive thoughts! We are so grateful for all of the support! We hope to continue to have good news to share over the next 23 weeks :-)