Ultrasound

I had my last level 2 ultrasound of the pregnancy today. Toward the end, the doctor said he had a surprise for me. He switched instruments, and all of a sudden, our baby girl's face popped up on the screen! It was such a wonderful surprise I even teared up a bit. We never had a 3-D ultrasound with Jack, so this was my first experience with one. We also got some more traditional pictures--here's a profile shot, with her hand in front of her face. It's estimated she weighs about 5 pounds, 12 ounces right now.


She'll be here in less than a month! I'm 36 weeks today. So far (knock on wood), this pregnancy has been much better, medically speaking, than my first. My blood pressure has behaved itself, and it's taken less than half the dosage of medication to keep things under control. She's also VERY active, which helps me get through my twice-weekly non-stress tests more quickly than with Jack.

The only negative thing right now is that she won't seem to move in the right position. I have ultrasounds every week, and she's always transverse or breech. The doctor said today that in order to get in position, she needs to turn counter-clockwise, and the placenta seems to be in her way. Hopefully she'll get things figured out, but if not, we may need to do an external aversion to flip her around, like we had to with Jack.

I'd also like to avoid being induced this time, but we'll see what happens. Because of my high risk for superimposed preeclampsia, my doctor thinks it's dangerous to let me go past my due date. If we're lucky, she'll decide to make her grand entrance on her own sometime during the 39th week.

We'll see what happens! Won't be long now.