Monday, December 22, 2008

Seasons Greetings from Skeletor


We were thrilled to get an unexpected ultrasound this morning at our 28-week midwife appointment. The midwife felt the position of the baby through my belly, thought that she is breech, and then confirmed it via ultrasound. We aren't worried at this point; I have twelve weeks to go, plenty of time for some natural encouragement for her to move her head down. I'm wondering if this explains why I get heartburn when I eat or drink almost anything -- a hard head rammed up into my stomach and lungs can't be quite as comfy as baby 'tocks. (When I say "almost anything" gives me heartburn, I mean it... this morning I drank a sickeningly sweet lemon-lime glucose drink in preparation for my gestational diabetes test, and even THAT gave me heartburn.)

The ultrasound confirmed again that she is a girl ... and gave us a snapshot of a smile more worthy of Halloween than the December holidays, but I'm sharing it here anyway. If you can't decipher the picture: the lightest area in the middle is her sideways jaw. Her eye sockets are to the left of there.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dooooood...My niece looks creepy. But in an adorable, baby way.

Unknown said...

That is the happiest baby ultrasound I have EVER seen!