An Umbilical Cord? Seriously?

I know this is not "family stuff", but I had to share!

I just got an email from a friend who is pregnant. She just had her third ultrasound and they still can't tell the sex of the baby because IT is being "modest". She says, (and I'm quoting from her email). . .

"This time the baby's heel was in the way the whole time and the doctor could not see a thing (after first thinking it was a boy, but that turned out to be umbilical cord)! "

Seriously? Isn't an umbilical cord, like, really long and just a tad bit thick? I remember seeing the umbilical cord in my ultrasound images and thinking that somehow my daughter had found some balloon animals to play with during the long wait. I also recall the ultrasound with Evan which revealed his little TURTLE! See the difference here...it looked like a itsy bitsy little turtle. I've never seen a baby turtle and thought, "Hey look at that umbilical cord! Oh wait, that's a baby turtle. My mistake!"

Don't get me wrong, if she is truly having a boy...I think that it would be awesome for him to have a "Umbilical-Ish" turtle!!