Thursday, January 8, 2009

Baby Q Ultrasound Update

Today I had an ultrasound to re-check my amniotic fluid level and a doctor appointment that followed. Thankfully the ultrasound showed that my fluid level is currently falling within the normal range, and everything with the baby looks great. According to the ultrasound, the baby is approximately 5 lbs 14 oz at this point (which is close to the 80th percentile). I think that Baby Q will keep us on our toes as the ultrasound tech said that he is by far the most active baby she has scanned in the 10 years that she has been performing ultrasounds. I've been affectionately referring to him as my little karate kid here lately as he seems to constantly be kicking, and kicking hard. I reasoned that this baby must seem more active to me than Ethan because Ethan was breech up until very shortly before his was born, so his legs were not pointing up to kick as hard. Baby Q is head-down, but apparently this much movement and kicking is not typical even if the baby is not breech! We might be in for a little fireball!
Ethan has been a little trooper coming with me to every OB appointment except the two at which I had glucola testing done (which requires a much longer appointment time). He sat in his stroller today while I had the ultrasound done, and when I asked what he thought of seeing his baby brother he exclaimed multiple times, "He's CUTE!"

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