Today we went in for the big 19 week anatomy scan where they checked out every little organ and bone in Itty's wee body. I can't believe how thorough they are; it was a very goopy hour and a half. The good news is that everything appeared to be normal. The not so good news is that Itty was obviously not loving the experience (I think modelling may not be in the cards).
Itty was really active, dancing and boxing and stretching out his/her legs and rolling around which was cute. But mostly he/she seemed to be a little camera shy and kept rolling away from the probe thingie and covering her/his face with her/his little hands and doing whatever he/she could to foil the radiology tech's plans of getting good measurements and nice pictures. With patience we finally got to see Itty's brain and kidneys and heart and bladder and all the little bones in her/his legs and arms and back. And even though we were trying really hard not to notice, Paul and I think that we might have glimpsed a little dangly bit between Itty's legs. But we’re not experts; maybe we're wrong . . .
The only slightly concerning bit of news is that my placenta is hanging out pretty low at the moment and covering part of my cervix. After doing some research, I've read that this occurs in about 5% of women at this stage, and in the vast majority of cases the placenta shifts up as the uterus grows in the third trimester. It's not so great if it doesn't though so I'm keeping my fingers crossed (could mean premature birth, hemorhaging, or a caesarean--none of which sounds like much fun).
Anyhow, we pick up the photos after work tomorrow and we’ll post them to the web pronto. Hopefully there’ll be a couple of good ones.
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