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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Hidden face

I've had five ultrasounds so far. Yep, that's right. One at 12 weeks, when we were trying to determine how far along I was and whether or not I was carrying twins. One at 21 weeks to check for all the normal things. Another one at 24 weeks when my fibroid was found for the first time and a portable ultrasound machine was wheeled in. An additional one at 28 weeks so my doctor could see the fibroid (I didn't see her at my 24-week appointment). And finally one at 32 weeks. We have another one scheduled a week from Monday. I'll be 33.5 weeks along then.
My guess is that we'll also have one at 36 weeks and probably 38 as well. And if we do, that will put us at a whooping eight ultrasounds.
The strange thing? We still haven't seen the little one's face. He's blocked it every time. He uses his hands, feet, anything he can find. He also tends to move quite a bit. He won't stay still long enough to see anything.
I don't mind. We'll meet him sooner or later. But I think it did frustrate the ultrasound tech a little bit this last time. She wouldn't give up. She tried and tried to get his little face in view, but it just wasn't happening. He had his hand and foot in the way. He was even grabbing his little foot at one point.
Here, however, is one of the pictures she did get. It's not the best quality, because I took a picture of the printout with my cell phone, but I still think it's adorable.


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