A couple weeks ago at my 32 week appointment I found out that Baby T was in a breech position. While this wasn't the end of the world, it's always best for baby and mom if baby comes out head first. My nurse/midwife told me not to worry, he had plenty of time to flip around but I should do some "Breech Tilts." Well those consist of laying at an angle upside down to encourage the baby to flip. They're not comfortable. I can happily say that until now I really haven't had any serious discomfort in my ribs because of Baby T. Flipping myself upside down for 20-30 minutes at least once or twice a day for the last couple weeks has caused some pain in my ribs! My nurse/midwife told me it'd feel like the baby wanted to come out of my throat...he wasn't kidding (and I did doubt his knowledge in this area as he's a man and obviously has never experienced it firsthand.)
Anyway I decided that I was going to go ahead and see if Baby T had flipped back over. If he had, I could stop doing something uncomfortable and all stress over a possible c/section could cease. I knew I would get a discounted visit at the same 3D ultrasound place D and I went to when we found out T was a boy so I took them up on their "return visit" offer.
In addition to finding out T is mostly head down, he's a little off center still but in the general "correct" position, we got these images that I'm really excited to share - provided any of you actually read everything above before looking at his chunky face!!
Apparently he's comfortable like this since it took a little bit of proding to get his foot and hand out of his face so we could see it!
There it is!! Look at those CHEEKS!!
It's harder to see on this still b/w but on the DVD I got you can actually see the hair "waving" around when she proded my belly...it was really cool. I decided that, for me, the old wive's tale that a baby with a lot of hair causes more heartburn/acid reflux must be true! I can't wait to see what color it is!
I invited my friend and neighbor H and her daughter M along to see Baby T with me. I thought it would be something nice to share with them since they've been a big help getting T's room together! I was really glad I had good friends with me!! It was amazing to see his face and how much he really is a baby now! And it was a little scary seeing that he appears to be a bit of a chunky monkey...the ultrasound tech said that all babies look a little chunkier on the ultrasound than in person but I think she was just trying to be nice. :-) We'll just have to see in a few weeks!!
Ha ha...Kaylee looked EXACTLY like she did in my 3D/4D ultrasound. I am sooo glad you got it done. It's such a neat experience.
ReplyDeleteMost the ones I have seen the baby looks much chunkier than in real life, he is water logged right now:) Once he loses the water weight and swelling his cheeks probably wont look that big, at least not for a few weeks until he really starts putting on the baby chub:)
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