MFM visit, 04/09/07

(from T's wonderful notes)
New U/S tech, Janet
head down (position changed)
hair on back of scalp
placenta still anterior
Fluid level 7
Blood flow through cord is good
Heart rate 148 (perfect!)
right ventricle - 1.9
left ventricle - 1.7
3rd ventricle - 5.4 mm
gastroschisis - fluid in the loops
weight - 2 lb, 1 oz
8 of 8 on fetal well being
growth percentile, overall - 31%
femur - 8th percentile
head - 54th percentile

Now, the pictures!

not sure why this is sideways, it happened in the scan.
great profile, and you can see a little of the exposed intestines.

another great profile. That nose just always gets to me.

Sort of alien baby, sort of really cute face shot.

eyes closed, great nose, paused animation. Little adorable nose again.

profile with nose and lips. darling.

profile with face, placenta (at top), a view of her beating heart, and a little bit of the exposed intestine.

A successful visit, at which we started the Fetal Well Being / Bio-Physical Profile assessments. They look at four factors, and score a total of 8 points.

A description of the BPP / Fetal Well-Being assessment:
The biophysical profile (BPP) is an ultrasound scan that evaluates your baby's well being. It looks at your baby's body movement (body rolls from side to side), tone (movement of the arms and legs), breathing movements (movement of the diaphragm or "practice breathing") and the amount of amniotic fluid. Each of the observations is assigned two possible points (8 total).

You'll notice that Emma scored an 8 of 8.

Met with normal doctor, who insisted on giving me a hug when we left. I love the people at that office. Every single one of them is nice.

(one side note observation - you would think people who worked in health care would know about the risks of tanning, but one of the U/S techs and one of the RNPs look like they've spent a little too much time getting brown.)