18w4d ULTRASOUND

Courtney had her Level II Anatomy Ultrasound check yesterday. Here's a good picture of her girly parts and her back. The placenta is anterior which means it is on the front of her belly. Nevaeh was laying across the lower part of Courtney's belly (head to the left and feet to the right) with her face towards the placenta....so no good pictures of the face....not even a profile. It was rather funny...the ultrasound tech shook the probe on Courtney's belly (really hard...which kinda bothered me!) to see if Nevaeh would turn and look at us.....no luck! You could see the baby shaking her head from side to side as if to say "Not now, I am trying to sleep!"

We kept referring to the baby as a "she" and the tech questioned us on how we knew. When we told her about the 3D/4D, I think we upset her and took the joy out of her telling us. From that point on, the tech was rather quiet! We had to ask her questions rather than she telling us!!!! Anyway...enough of my whining and on with the good stuff....We did get a good look at the brain and heart, along with the rest of the organs. No abnormalities were noted!!!! Yea! Nevaeh weighed 9 oz. and still measuring one week ahead (19w5d instead of 18w4d....which is good...but no change in the due date!) We asked how long she was, but the tech said that she was curled up so she couldn't give us a measurement (and she wasn't about to give us the measurement from head to rump, since we upset her earlier on! Geez!!) The heartbeat was a strong 156! At the end of the session, Courtney asked if all looked fine and her reply was "The radiologist reads the ultrasound not me".

A very nice nurse took Courtney back to see the doctor. Courtney weighed in and lost one pound. So far her weight gain is 13 pounds. Blood pressure is still under control at 106/76. Courtney asked to see her chart and the nurse let her! The ultrasound report was in the file (which the tech could have easily shared with her!)....The report showed a normal growing fetus at 19w5d, no abnormalities, amniotic fluid was good, cervix 3.99 which is average and anterior placenta (strange that the tech would not share this with us!).

The OB is pleased with Courtney's progress. He is going to keep her on Lovenox until a few days before an induction at 37 to 38 weeks. This means there is a good chance that the baby could be born on Courtney's birthday in March or even Grandpa Baker's birthday!

I have more to share about my visit with Courtney and Mike, the baby's room and shopping...but I will save that for a later post!