Sunday, April 12, 2009

Patrick Garrett

Well, it has been a while since I last posted. This bed rest thing is not so fun. On Thursday, I went to my OB. He did all of the necessary tests for making sure that things are on track. When he measured my uterus, he commented "hmm, big baby". I questioned him as to why he said that. He told me that my uterus is measuring four weeks bigger than it should. My last appointment it had measured 1 and a half weeks bigger. I asked what could cause that. He explained that either Garrett is in the breach position or he is just a big baby. Fortunately, I had an ultrasound scheduled for the next day, so he said he will just wait to see what the results were there.

The ultrasound was a very fun experience. I am now 31 weeks and Garrett has enough weight on him that the 4-D turned out amazing. The sonographer did all of her measurements then took some play pictures. Garrett is not in the breach position and his measurements are right on track for 31 weeks. The only thing that she could see that is causing a bigger uterus is my amniotic fluid level is high. I will wait and see what Dr. Mitchell says about the fluid level...

However, this ultrasound we were able to see what he is going to look like. (and we checked to confirm that he is truly a boy!)


6 comments:

Natalie said...

awwww, isn't my new nephew a cutie!!!

Verlynn said...

I'm sniffling right now. He's gorgeous! So exciting.

Unknown said...

That is sooo cool! He looks just like his aunt Ginger! What a cute little boy

Naomi said...

Those pictures are amazing! I need to get one of those ultrasounds. Did your insurance pay for that or did you just go outside and get it done?

heather said...

My insurance does pay for it. The place where I go to get the ultrasounds has a machine that switches from 2-D to 4-D. They do all of the measurements in 2-D then take lots of fun pictures in 4-D. They also give me a disk with video clips of him moving.

Naomi said...

Heather! How's the baby doing? I woke up with that song from our roadshow in my head, "Never smell at a stinkerbell." and I cannot get it out. I thought it must be a sign I needed to email you! I hope you are getting some sleep and all is going well!