And here's an update

Everything's going great.

We had a second ultrasound this Thursday. At the first one, the doctor was unable to get one side of the heartflow, because Polliwog wouldn't turn over. So, he had us come back for another one. This time, we took Eric. It meant getting him out of school an hour early, but it was worth it.

We explained the TV screen on the wall. We talked about how bats and dolphins use soundwaves to find stuff. We talked about the slimy gunk the tech put on my belly to make the receiver glide. We talked about Solomon, who had a sonogram for some stomach trouble. Solomon had to have his tummy shaved. The tech was a little bemused by this conversation until I let her know Solomon was a dog. Then it made a little more sense to her.

And when he saw the first picture on the TV, he was amazed.

Ultrasound technology is so impressive. I completely understand why people go to the mall and get more pictures made. We saw Polliwog move his hand--grasp and release, grasp and release. We saw his leg bones--femur measurement is one of the required things to get, but we also saw tibia and fibula, clear as an xray. She even showed us the lenses in his eyes. Granted, those pictures are a little creepier, since it's a pinpoint of white in a skull's black eyesocket. It's still fascinating, though.

The tech estimated him at right about a pound, and based on the measurements she took, gave us a due date of September 12. Odds are good I won't have to go all the way to the official due date. Even though I passed my early screen for diabetes, I have another one looming ahead, one that I'm even more likely to fail. I was induced four days early with Eric. I had had contractions over the weekend, a lower fluid level was detected on Friday, and I was GDM. That combination led my doctor to her decision to induce. My granny reminds me, though, that every pregnancy is different.