Not in the Hospital!

As you may know, my high risk docs threatened that they may put me on hospital bedrest rather than the home bedrest I'm on right now. Well luckily, today was not the day for that threat to be realized! They checked my cervix via ultrasound and it has gotten just a little bit longer! Of course, it was at 1.4 cm last week and today it was 1.8 cm and then I had a contraction and it shortened almost down to 1.4 again, but either way it hasn't gotten any shorter! So, good news!

Also, they don't check weight and measurements at every appointment, but they will check the heartbeat and a couple of things everytime. So 10 days ago, baby was 3 lbs 3 oz - a little big for his age, but totally in the normal range, and from what I've read, they typically gain about 1/2 pound every week, so I can only guess how big he was today. With the threat of a preterm birth I've been hoping he'll grow fast so that life will start out easier for him!

But I was excited when the sonographer or whatever her official title is turned on the 3D imaging and we got to see our baby look a little more like a baby! My placenta is in the front so it's always hard to get really clear ultrasounds, but this is a peak as to what he'll look like! The mass in front of him is the placenta. I know it's just the 3D image, but I can't help myself already trying to figure out what he got from Chris and what he got from me!