Chubby Baby

Last night Claudio and I had our third ultrasound. This time they did what they call a "Doppler" which allows the technician to see the flow of blood from both the placenta and the umbilical cord, to confirm that the heart is beating at a good rate with all 4 chambers developed, as well as examine that the stomach, bladder, liver, and other organs pumping are moving together as a system.

As she moved through the motions of marking and clicking objects I would have never identified on my own, I began to grow nervous. She hadn't mentioned whether or not the size of these things were normal or good, she was merely taking note of the size. At one point I asked her, "the size, is that normal?" and she merely said, "yes." It was towards the end of the exam that she said, "wow your baby is already quite chubby, it is growing at a really good rate." She proceeded to tell me that the blood flow to the baby's body is so strong and fluid that the baby's health is not only "normal" it is far more than "good," it is "EXCELLENT!"

She then, by measuring the length of the femur and the size of the stomach was able to give an approximation of current weight inside the womb. Get ready ladies and gentlemen, our baby, a month away from birth, already weighs 6.38 pounds!

He/She is gonna be a big one!!!!!!