I went to have my follow up ultrasound today and I am happy to say that everything appears to be fine with the baby.
I got there on time and had drank my water like I was supposed to . . . and almost died when I wasn't called until 20 minutes after my appointment time. Thankfully I had a wonderful tech who let me use the restroom first and would take the pictures needed at the end. Amen!
Cashew was automatically found to be head down and the tech said that the best measurement they use for size is the abdomen. Which measured 26 weeks 4 days. Spot on for due date since today I am 26 weeks 5 days. The tech had also asked if I was sure of my LMP, which I was! I saw once again that Cashew is a he, and then the scan continued. His femur (upper leg bone) measured 27 weeks 4 days, and his head measured around 28 weeks. It was so nice to see his little face 8 weeks older. I got a frontal picture of his face and you can see the beginnings of cheeks, it looks like he and Pnut will share the same chin, and his frontal view reminded me of the picture I am going to change my FB profile picture to. It is of Pnut at 2 days old and home from the hospital.
At the end of the scan I asked the tech how much Cashew weighs and he is estimated to be around 2 pounds 4 oz. Everything I read for 27 weeks is around 1.9 pounds so he is over. I guess I was right and I am not the one gaining the weight, Cashew is :). I like to ask my ultrasound techs their years of experience just for fun. Not only was my tech male (and probably the nicest, most cooperative, and informative man EVER), but he had been doing scans for 30 years. Score! He made me laugh because he said that he didn't know how my dr. could have gotten 32 weeks from 25, but that he has told doctors to throw the tape measures away. He listened to me when I mentioned that Cashew had been breech, which is sometimes a cause of larger fundal heights. He measured my fluid and it is still within normal range as well.
So for now, I am a happy mama. I got to see my young man's face and he is just the right size.
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