Ultrasound Update

Today Will and I had our weekly doctor appointment, followed by an ultrasound. It has been 4 weeks since our last ultrasound. This time we were actually able to see our baby's face in 3D, and noticed that his ears and nose look like Will's. However, he looks like he inherited my feet. Poor kid! It is amazing how clear the picture is on the high tec equipment at Royal Oak Beaumont. The best news is, there didn't seem to be any fluid on the baby's brain, which is great because a large percentage of babies with spina bifida do have fluid on the brain that needs to be drained with a shunt once they are born. So far so good for our little one though. The levels of amniotic fluid are still very high, and as we were leaving this afternoon, the doctor reminded us with a laugh to not forget our beach towel. Nice, huh.

Interesting side note - for the last week or two I have been having sharp pain under my ribs, and seasoned mothers have told me that is the baby kicking. Well, today during the ultrasound I was having those same sharp pains under my right ribs. So, the ultrasound tech investigated and found out that the baby's feet were nowhere near my ribs, but that my gall bladder was right there. So - a public apology to Baby T.! Mom is sorry for accusing you for the rib pain!

That's it for now. I'm going to go put my feet up. My ankles have swollen, and have been replaced with kankles! I hesitate to blame Baby T....