Ultrasound

We had our ultrasound today, this time in the afternoon, hoping that Elam would be awake and more cooperative. No such luck! He is still in the frank breech position and he's very low in my pelvis. So he was not easy to see. The ultrasound was fast, just mainly checking his measurements. He weighs about 1.5 pounds now. He's about 5 weeks behind in his size. We could see a front-view of his face, but we didn't get a good view of much else. I asked about his heart and brain, so she tried to check on those. She couldn't get a good view of his brain. She explained that it is hard to see the brain well once the bones in the skull have calcified more. When she checked his heart, she could immediately see the hole in his heart. It did not appear to have improved.

I think that's all we learned today. We're feeling pretty good about the ultrasound. We've come to expect that with his disorder, he will continue to get a little more behind at each ultrasound. So learning that he was another week behind was not surprising. We just enjoyed seeing him and hearing that he now weighs a pound and a half. I'm not sure that we are going to post the video of the ultrasound online. It's very short and hard to see. We have another ultrasound scheduled for four weeks from today. Thank you for your prayers!