Back at the end of October I had my 20 week ultrasound. Baby was what they call "spine up" the entire time so, while the ultrasound tech got good measurements of the legs and arms and such, she couldn't get the pictures she wanted of the heart and of the face because the baby had its face buried the whole time. She informed us that everything looked great, but that she would need to do another ultrasound in about a month....oh bummer... :) to try and get the heart and face pictures she needed. Today was the day that I was scheduled to have the second ultrasound. The baby was in a "spine down" position today, so they were able to get great pictures of the heart and face and also a profile picture which they weren't able to get last time either. Baby started in what they called a "clam" position with it's feet up by it's head...we have quite a flexible one in there!
Baby in "clam" position
My office was in the process of testing some new ultrasound machines, and to my delight, the new machines were equipped with 3 and 4D capabilities!! I've been waiting for them to get this and I was soo excited when they got some pretty good 3D pictures of our precious little one! The following one is NOT the best one, I'm saving that for our christmas card, so you all will have to wait until then to see it! :) If you look at it right, you can see the baby has it's hand up by it's face...so cute!!
The technicians said many times that everything looked wonderful. Baby's heart rate was strong at 167 and it was moving all over the place. We are so incredibly thankful that, up to this point, things have been uneventful and mom and baby are both healthy. The Lord has blessed us once again in this pregnancy, and we are so humbled that he has given us this little one to enjoy.
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