Pregnancy: S is for Sonogram

S is for Sonogram. At this point, almost 37 weeks, I've had 5 sonograms. The first one was to look at size and guess due date. That was in December and he was the size of a raspberry and looked like a grape. The second was 20 weeks for anatomy. He is definitely a boy. The third was the Wednesday before last to look at his size since he is a smaller baby. This Wednesday (the only one I don't have any pictures from) was to look at the amount of amniotic fluid, his kidneys, and to see if he was still breech. Today's sonogram was to see if he was still breech and to assess us both for a version.

Most pregnant women don't go through all of this. Maybe three sonograms is the norm. I'm lucky!

The first one is only sort of exciting since the fetus does not look like much (below). See? Not much.



The second, the anatomy one, that one is fun. There, you can see details like eyes and toes. Of course finding out the gender is also fun. I'll refrain from posting the picture of his, uh, male anatomy. Let's just say it's obvious. But this, below, is just cute.


The later sonograms have not been as fun, partly due to there being less room for the baby to move around resulting in less exciting pictures. Here's one from today.


At this point, I think I have one or two more sonograms. There will be a sonogram machine at the version procedure. And I have a biophysical profile scheduled for next Wednesday--a biophysical profile is a non-stress test and a sonogram. Of course, next Wednesday I could have a baby instead of a sonogram as sometimes a version brings on labor. I still think he needs to incubate a little more.