Week 31 Growth Scan Update

We had our 31 week Growth Scan yesterday at Virtua. Despite some moderate annoyances with parking (you never needed a stinkin' parking token to get out of the lot before, ever!) everything baby-wise went very well.

First of all, we got a great view of her face. She even waved to us! And the tech wasn't sure, but she thinks she saw hair! The pics are posted below. Yes, that's a face. Yes, it looks a little ghostly here, but trust me, she was pronounced a "cutey". I know, you had to be there.

Baby's measuring in at almost exactly 4lbs.

Her growth is great, still normal. She's measuring a week ahead, which is just fine, the doctor said. They always give you a 2-week window on either side before they begin to suspect an unusual growth rate. So she was measuring exactly 32 weeks. The doctor also said that since she's been about that far ahead for a while, it's possible that our due date is actually a week late. (Originally we had a due date of November 17th). But whatever. Either way, she's healthy.

Everything was measuring healthy - head, waist, leg, heart, fluid, etc.

Heartbeat was 150.

She's still breech, but the doctor assured me that we shouldn't even begin to worry about her position for at least 3 more weeks. I think I could have told them that she was still feet-down, seeing as she's still loving to step on my bladder. She thinks it's funny. Yeah, sweetie, reeeeaaaaly funny.

She still frequently gets the hiccups, and that's always fun. At first I thought, "Hey, my musical genius is kicking to a steady beat!" Nope, just hic-hic-hic-ing away.

Her kick counts are QUITE healthy. They give you up to an hour to feel 10 kicks. We've never needed more than 10 minutes. My kick-count chart is one straight line. They found that very amusing.

And speaking of kicking, to quote the ultrasound technician while she was trying to convince Baby D. to stay still long enough to get a measurement or two, "Um...she's moving this much now - you're in TROUBLE soon!"

Greeeeaaaaat.