We just got back from the ultrasound today. They had the darndest time getting a good shot because the baby had buried itself so low in Jennifer's abdomen it was concealed by the pelvic bone. It took 3 nurses and a half an hour to coax the baby to a place where it could be properly monitored. "Stubborn little thing, isn't it?" one of the nurses remarked. "Yeah," Jennifer replied, "I was hoping it wouldn't take after me."
They told us that Jennifer is approximately 16 weeks, 5 days, 6 hours and 32 minutes along. We were also informed that:
- Her due date is set at April 8th
- The baby's heart rate is 144bpm (within acceptable range)
- The baby weighs 7 ounces
They asked us if we would like to know the baby's gender and we declined. Who wants to x-ray their presents before Christmas?
Here are a couple of printouts they gave us of the ultrasound:
ULTRASOUND PICS
OCT. 24
Jennifer says she felt the baby move for sure! The doctor says that while it's still small it will be doing summersalts (sp?) and moving quite a bit to gain motor skills until it gets too big to move much at all.
OCT. 24
Jennifer says she thinks she may have felt the baby move for the first time early this morning. She can't be sure because the pressure was so slight. She tried to wake me up and tell me but apparently I was zonked out so she decided to wait until we woke up. Someone told her that if you mark the date that you first feel the baby move it will be born close to that date. Sounds like an old wives tale to me. The doctor did mention after feeling the baby that it would seem Jennifer could be more advanced than 16 weeks. We'll find out for sure on Thursday.
OCT. 22
Jennifer had her first doctor visit. She's supposed to go back on the 28th to have an ultrasound done and until then the unofficial due date is April 12th. While she was there the doctor used a doppler to listen to the baby's heartbeat. We recorded it so you could hear it too! As you listen to the sound file you'll notice a slight change in the sound about 20 seconds into it. That's when the doctor relocated the doppler. Download the file
here.
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