10 fingers, 10 toes

Back from a quick 24 hour trip to Bangkok for Katherine's big ultrasound; the more substantial one they do at like 5.5 months or something to see that things are progressing normally.

Formed skull, in the normal range, 2 eyes, a nose, a mouth: check

palate un-cleft: check

4 chambers in the heart, normal aorta: check

2 kidneys, a bladder, a stomach: check

fully formed and normal spine: check

umbilical chord attached and working: check

sex of the baby: unknown. Katherine made us turn away for that part. The doctor and nurse
know, though, and it's killing me.

other stuff that I can't remember: check

10 fingers, 10 toes: actually don't know. The doc said that that is the one thing he doesn't tell parents, as an extra finger is somewhat common (not real common, but still) and easily fixable at birth, but that parents-to-be obsess about it if they know beforehand. But I counted the toes, and I saw 10, and I counted the fingers on one hand and saw 4 (the thumb was tucked under).

While we were watching, the baby stuck his/her fist in his/her mouth (will be a hit at parties if that ability continues into adolescence) and yawned 3 or 4 times.

We got some good pictures too. 1 lb. 3 oz. and growing.