30 Weeks, Ultrasound

Good news -- it looks like the placenta has stepped aside. While it is still "low lying" and the perinatologist still wrote "placenta previa" on top of her report, it is no longer covering the cervix completely, so they are NOT going to schedule an early cesarian birth. Yeah! They will let me go full-term and see what happens. Of course, there may be some complications (bleeding) at the time of delivery or even before, but we will deal with those when they come. Or maybe nothing at all will happen and this pregnancy will continue along uneventful, despite that terrible "High Risk" label that has been on my file since the beginning.

According to the ultrasound yesterday, Carolyn now weighs just over 3 pounds and is about 16.5 inches long. The images are hard to see because she is pretty big and because the bones have begun to cast shadows. Below is my favorite picture from yesterday. It is a side profile of her face, with her foot right at her mouth. She is all curled up like most fetuses at this stage, but she had her legs fully outstretched so the toes reached all the way to her mouth. Perhaps she's practicing to be a gymnast or contortionist for the circus.



I hope she keeps baking for another 9-10 weeks, but I am definitely comforted by the fact that she has a really good chance of surviving on her own if she decides she wants to come early. Really I wish I could make time slow down, so I can get the house ready for her arrival. I feel like there is still so much to do!! Steve reminds me that nothing will happen if I do not get it all done and it is not the end of the world if the flower beds and garden do not get planted this year (It is comforting, but I also wonder if that is his way of getting himself out of helping me do everything).