We had our last (hopefully) ultrasound today. No pictures, unfortunately, since Baby Mac is a little bit to squished to be very photogenic. Seriously, all we could see on the screen was wiggly limbs – no cute little face or anything. The important news, though, is that the baby is very healthy looking. The heart, head, kidneys, and leg bones were all examined, in addition to measuring the babies head and tummy size. They estimate the kiddo weighs in at 5 pounds, 12 ounces right now – but take that number with a grain of salt since ultrasound weight measurements are notoriously inaccurate (up to 2 pounds off sometimes by 40 weeks). J and I both thought it was funny though that right now the baby weighs more than he did when he was born. We’ll see if our baby takes after the McPherson side of the family and is born small but ends up growing to be huge. Seriously, at 6′ J is the runt of his Dad’s side of the family.
35 week ultrasound
Regardless, the good news is that we have a healthy baby, floating around in plenty of fluid, and that my placenta is nice and high so we can continue with our normal delivery plan. At my 20 week ultrasound there was some concern that I may have placenta previa (low lying placenta) but it has fixed itself in the last 15 weeks. We both breathed a sigh of relief for that – neither of us were looking forward to a C-section after all of our natural childbirth classes.
Oh, and the baby’s feet are now connecting with my ribs on a regular basis. I can’t say it’s my favorite feeling – sometimes it’s just uncomfortable and sometimes it HURTS. Someone described ‘sweet little baby kicks’ and I think I’ve past that stage in pregnancy. Oh well, I think it’s safe to say that Baby Mac is developing some strong legs. I predict a little soccer player or dancer.