Thursday, September 22, 2011

Unexpected Ultrasound

Today I went in to Midwives so that they could do a quick check on something, and I ended up getting to go get another ultrasound at Advanced Sonograms of Alaska.  Riggs was measuring "big", about 3-5 weeks bigger than I "should" be, so they wanted to check if it was him or amniotic fluid.  I was pretty annoyed about the measuring big part, because whether it was him or extra amniotic fluid, it meant I would be forced to take the gestational diabetes test, which I really did not want to take.

Luckily, the ultrasound went great, he's not measuring big at all, he's still measuring exactly on track for his due date.  And there is no extra amniotic fluid!  He's just feet down, so he's pushing my uterus up further than it would be if he were head down, yay!  I had a feeling he was feet down, since I had been feeling a giant protrusion up above my belly button pretty frequently and had been feeling most of his kicks down low.  So now I need to focus on exercises and stretches that will flip him over and make him go back into head down position.  It was so fun to see him unexpectedly, he is so, so cute! And he has hair already, we could see it sticking off the back of his head like a little mullet lol.  Too bad the ultrasound guy didn't get a picture of that.

Oh and according to ultrasound guy, Riggs weighs in at 1lb 15oz, nearly two pounds!





6 comments:

  1. those pics are incredible....what a beautiful boy! Glad everything is okay.

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  2. Thanks, me too! I can't wait to see you at/after Christmas!!!!!

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  3. Riggs better flip over! :P That diabetes test sucks... the stuff you have to drink is so gross. I hated that... I am glad everything is going well!!!

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  4. Cant wait to meet my new little nephew! He is just so cute.

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  5. Whitney, I'm so happy for you! Being a mommy is seriously the greatest experience of my life, you'll love it!!!!

    Joree

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  6. I'm so glad to have found your blog!! It will be fun keeping up with you all the way in ALASKA! :) His sonogram looks great- it will be interesting to see how much he really looks like these pictures.

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