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Final Score

My beautiful baby girl: 2
Doctors who tell me she might have some horrible birth defect based on bogus evidence: 0

We had our third (and hopefully last) ultrasound this morning. Lima Bean is healthy and beautiful and kicking me in the bladder. She weighs two pounds and has my toes. The cyst from the last ultrasound is gone. (Oh, I guess I didn't tell you about the cyst. No point telling you now, since it's gone.)

I didn't cry. I climbed up on the roof and cheered, but I didn't cry.

Comments (36)

Yay, Lima Bean! What a relief...

So happy for you!

Posted by Stacy | April 20, 2005 10:23 AM

That's SO exciting! Congratulations. (BTW, my first ultrasound pics are up. 80% chance of boy in the 9 month forecast.) But what roof were you climbing on!? Just because the ultrasound looked good doesn't mean you're invincible! :)

Posted by heels | April 20, 2005 10:24 AM

ummm, didn't you get the handbook that told you climbing on roofs (rooves?) while pregnant is a big no-no?

anyway... yay for the beanette! i rather liked getting ultrasounds... had at least 50 of them (high risk, we were) and learned to relax and enjoy the feeling of goo being smeared across my huge bloated belly. oh, of course, you're not huge and bloated... wearing your regular jeans... *mumble mumble mumble*

Posted by monique | April 20, 2005 10:30 AM

Umm...yay for pregnant roof-climbing!!

I think.

Glad all is well, though!

Posted by QC | April 20, 2005 10:30 AM

Yay! Glad everything is going so well.

Posted by Sheryl | April 20, 2005 10:43 AM

I'm thinking we should should go ahead and set the wedding date for your 2 LB girl and my 3 LB boy while their still baking. Maybe take the guess work out of it for them. Or is that taking the guess work out of it for us?

Posted by hotmama | April 20, 2005 11:16 AM

I'm so glad everything is OK!

Posted by Kristie | April 20, 2005 11:26 AM

I am so glad to hear everything is good :)

I will have a glass of wine for you - or maybe two or three ;)

Posted by Chrissie | April 20, 2005 11:31 AM

glad to hear everything's good with the lima bean.

and i'm so jealous that you get 3 ultrasounds...i want another!!!

Posted by Ali | April 20, 2005 11:38 AM

Pictures, please!

Yay, Lima Bean! Yay, Mom!

Posted by Ms. Q | April 20, 2005 12:15 PM

Yay! Glad the Beanette got a clean bill of health!

Posted by Fraulein N | April 20, 2005 12:24 PM

Wha?
Get down from there Beth. don't make me climb up there!

Glad things are fine!

Posted by Michele | April 20, 2005 12:26 PM

Yay! Glad to hear both mom and daughter are doing so well. I'm sure that'll make it easier to relax and enjoy yourself now.

Posted by Kerry | April 20, 2005 2:09 PM

Happy for you! Having had 3 of my own, I know what a relief a good ultrasound and okay from a doc can be.

Posted by Robin | April 20, 2005 2:44 PM

What a relief. That really rocks. At two pounds, lima bean is probably the size of a fish. Or fish cactus.

Posted by verucaamish | April 20, 2005 3:17 PM

WOOT!!!!
of course the Bean is fine-look at the stock she comes from- she probably heard what the Dr's said and just to be obstinate figured she'd prove them wrong-you're going to have you hands full with this one

(still I'm all smiles at the good news)

Posted by Casey | April 20, 2005 4:05 PM

Wonderful news! Just be careful on the rooftop - and now I've got 'up on the rooftop, click click click!' in my head.

I didn't know they stopped doing ultrasounds so early - I thought you had them periodically until the baby came. I have so much to learn!

Posted by samantha | April 20, 2005 4:10 PM

oh thats great, about her being healthy and you not crying, not about her kicking you in the bladder, lol!

Posted by lizabetty | April 20, 2005 4:33 PM

Yay for the 100% healthy lima bean!

Posted by bad penguin | April 20, 2005 5:13 PM

Must be all that reading to her you've done! Yipee!

Posted by Queen of Ass | April 20, 2005 5:23 PM

Congrats! Glad to hear everything's fine :)

Posted by Emily | April 20, 2005 5:44 PM

Congrats! Glad to hear everything's fine :)

Posted by Emily | April 20, 2005 5:44 PM

Congrats! Glad to hear everything's fine :)

Posted by Emily | April 20, 2005 5:44 PM

okay i don't know why my comment appeared 3 times... sorry about that!

Posted by Emily | April 20, 2005 5:45 PM

Hip hip hooray.

The worlds most documented baby is coming along greatly.

I'm assuming there will be pictures of the lima bean some day?

Posted by Jeff A | April 20, 2005 5:57 PM

Cheered with pom poms? So glad for you. 2 points!

Posted by kat | April 20, 2005 6:27 PM

That is because she is wonderful and beautiful and great.

SO good to hear she is a healthy little Bean, too.

Posted by alektra | April 20, 2005 6:53 PM

Fantastic news, I'm really happy for you guys!

Posted by A.K. | April 20, 2005 8:40 PM

Isn't it the most amazing thing, you see them inside you and go "wow, that's a BABY, and I'm growing a PERSONS inside me"! I never really got over the wonder of it all, and I think, neither will you, and isn't that great!!!

Posted by Nina | April 20, 2005 9:39 PM

Hey, that is wonderful news, congrats! Climbing on the roof to yell out one's happy news is underrated, I think. It's where I choose to go too. :)

Posted by supine | April 21, 2005 12:52 AM

Yay for Lima Bean....and for you!!

Posted by Lujza | April 21, 2005 1:37 AM

I'm so glad that is everything is going great. Yeah, for Beth-like piggies!

Posted by Southern Chaos | April 21, 2005 6:38 AM

Congrats on a happy sonogram...will be thinking of you!

Posted by JuJuBee | April 21, 2005 9:02 AM

fabulous news to read this morning!

Posted by Tricia | April 21, 2005 10:04 AM

I'm so glad you got a good report. I didn't realize they did so many ultrasounds.