Hi there Baby Brigham!
We got to see you today. WOOHOO. You are in there cooking and doing well. You have plenty of amniotic juice, you are right on track for growth - only measuring a few days larger than you should be. You were kind of coy on the ultrasound - wouldn't let her get too many good photos of you. I know I said that if they told me you were a boy, I would believe it. The ultrasound tech said you were a boy and your dad said he saw your family jewels but, honestly, I didn't see it. Your dad is going to point it out on the video to me - if I see it clearly there, I will start calling you by your given name. However, if I don't see it, you are destined to remain a kiddo, Baby Brigham or Little One until I see proof :)
The doctor said everything is going good and we look like a normal pregnancy. That is new to us. We will see him again on 8/25 and of course, see you! Your mom had some very personal questions to ask Dr. Bonehead and unfortunately, he gave me news I didn't want to hear. I expected the news but was bummed! Being a high risk pregnancy and having a cervical stitch means your mom has to be very careful when she does thing and unfortunately, some things are completely off limits for a long time. If you see my notes to you getting crabby, you will understand it someday down the road - sometime a long ways down the road when you are married - not a minute before. :) The doctor was very hesitant to say that the surgery was our cure-all answer to our losses. He would only say that he hopes it solves it. He didn't want to give us any false hope. He did tell your mom to get outside more and go for walks. Maybe he could see by my pasty white skin that I don't see too much sunshine!
Your mom and dad went to see a movie tonight - The Ugly Truth - and we laughed a lot. It was pretty funny. We laughed even harder in the car on the way home. You probably thought that there was a continuous earthquake going on in there. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. We saw a different movie a few weeks ago - The Hangover. There is a scene in there with a baby doing inappropriate things. It was hilarious. Your dad said that it looked like you were doing something similar in the ultrasound and he almost lost it in laughter at the doctors office. See, I am still praying you are a girl so your dad does not teach you these things as an infant. Talk about being mortified. Someday, when you are 18, you will have to ask your dad to watch that movie together. Then, you will see why your mom has to be the fun sucker in this 3-way relationship!!
Well, that is about it from outside the womb. I do have a big favor to ask of you. In 7 short days, it will be your mom's birthday. I am very big on celebrating my birthday. It is a day meant to worship me and shower me with gifts and a day to take off work. I realize that you are in a limited position to worship me and your financial means are nothing. So, I am telling you 7 days in advance what I would like from you for my birthday. Next Thursday, I would like to feel you doing some flips, kicking me, fluttering, something that is indisputably you in there. I can guarantee you that this will be the cheapest gift I will ever ask you for and I can absolutely, positively, without a doubt be the only time in your entire life where I will ask you to kick me for my birthday present!