Alls Well at 38 weeks

At 38 weeks I made the move South once again to have my bambino! I just can not imagine what "normal" is like when it comes to pregnancy and delivery. I keep saying thank goodness this mama was brought up with continuous change in her life as I believe its helped me stay grounded. I saw the OBGYN, Dr Waterman, on Sept 25th and fortunately the plan was to remain the same as the previous OBGYN, Dr Uhbi,. The only thing was that I was measuring at 35 weeks pregnant rather than 38.5 weeks. So suddenly there was a chance I'd be induced two days later rather than ten! It all depended on this ultrasound that I received the following day.

So the night prior to the ultrasound I was able to make a whole plan to get Jason down here in time for the potential birth. It isn't as easy as it sounds as Alistair wasn't set up for respite until this coming weekend. Thanks to my brother he was willing to make a quick change of plans to be in PG in 24 hours to work in tandem with Mom to make things work for our kids. Anyhow, long story short the bambino and I were able to get an ultrasound the very next day. To my delight the radiologist, Dr Farqua, was right in the room with the tech and a medical student giving me a running commentary on the whole ultrasound. Instantly I found out there was no concern with the level of amniotic fluid, the placental cord was feeding babe appropriately, and all the anatomy was reviewed including the brain, liver, kidneys and heart. I can't really explain how wonderful it was to find out so quickly that all was well and the original plan to induce September 3rd was back on track.

Anyhow, once fun benefit was I was able to see this little munchkin once again on ultrasound. The first picture is a profile picture of which you can see brain structures. The second picture is of a foot pushing up on the placenta. Then the third is a close up of its lips and nose of which I magnified for picture four. Not sure if anyone can make out any of these unless you have a chance to have the structures pointed out to you but still fun for me to have!