A Peek Inside

We had our skirat mukdemet last week - the early advanced U/S scan that Maccabi gives us in week 15 or 16. My own dr does an U/S every month, but the resolution is not very high, and he really only uses it to check the heartbeat and movement. Last week, we found out that
a) Its a girl! Hooray for Eden's little sister!
b) Both sides of her brain are exactly symetrical (thank God!)
c) That she has all the limbs and organs she is supposed to have (thank God again!)
and
d) There is an amniotic sheet keeping her company.

Truth is, I went back to my dr yesterday for a monthly follow up, and he couldn't find the sheet. He said it may have disapeared already, or fused to the wall. Either way he wasn't worried about it, and gave me a referral for another advanced U/S at week 21 :). I thought that usually they do a second one at week 24 or 26, so I'm not sure if this is just an early one or actually an additional one! Wouldn't that be fun!

Anyway, but for the week that it was still there, it got me thinking. I mean, it wasn't doing her any harm, as long as her arms and legs didn't get caught up in it. And it meant that she had slightly less room to move around, which might explain for how huge I am already. But you know, maybe she liked it there. Kind of like her first blanky. What if she went through the whole pregancy with it? Would it be traumatic to leave it behind? (In addition to the regular trauma of birth). What if it broke in say, the 7th month? She might have grown to like it, have missed it, and actually gotten over it by the time she was born. She would have known loss, and overcome that loss, even before she entered our world. What an idea! How would that affect her?

I already have a gut feeling that she is very different than Eden. Eden is so - personable. Outgoing. Charming, friendly. She doesn't sit still, she's a doer. I already feel that this baby is quieter. Less rambunctious, maybe more shy. At this point when I was pregnant with Eden, we had an ultrasound that showed her jumping - I don't know that she's stopped since. Our scans with this baby have shown her chilling. She waved at us last week, but that was about it - only one hand moved. She's bothered me a bit with morning sickness, but not as badly as Eden did. She seems to be just less - in your face. I wonder if thats true. If so, we have something completely unknown coming to us. I mean we would anyway, but this all just gets me thinking about it more. How wonderful and interesting - I can't wait!