Ultrasound Results

Everything went very well at our US. The baby's movement was good, he passed all tests, including breathing movements. He is head down and definitely pushing up against my cervix (trust me I feel the pressure at times). The amniotic fluid is at 8cm, which is where it was when I arrived, before I lost a ton of fluid. This can increase again to normal (11+ cm) or until he moves his head slightly and I lose it all again. They say he is most likely plugging the hole that is in my placenta with his head. He looks pretty cramped in there, but they say this is fine. They did see fluid in one of his kidney's. This will need to be monitored, but she said with boys this is pretty common. They noted it only because they have not seen this is previous USs.

Best news of all (besides breathing movements) is his weight! When we talked to the NICU, they said the avg. wt for a 28-29 weeker is approx. 2-2.5 lbs, Matthew's weight is measuring approx. 3 lbs, 5ozs!! We are very excited about that!!

I am still doing fine and the bleeding is very minimal. They did not see any sign of placenta previa (where the placenta is tearing away from the uterus). So again, good news!

I wish I could have gotten an ultrasound picture, but they could only see the back of his head and couldn't get a really good picture for me today :( That's ok, the important thing is that he is doing great!)