Meet baby #4

The top photo is Beckett. There is definately a resemblence:)

We got some good profile shots today. You can see his/her hand smacking it's head. It must be one of ours! We had another ultrasound to view the heart and check growth. I saw when the ultrasound tech measured baby's melon that it was small, but I wanted to hear it from a doctor and not my own observation. We must have waited about 25 to 30 minutes for the doctor to come in. In the meantime what does a patient do? After about 20 minutes of laying their waiting...I noticed the ultrasound machine was still on and there was still goo on it. I have to say I am pretty good. I located the head right away!! Such a cute profile...much like the other 3. I joked about peeking between the legs but I would have no idea what we were looking at anyway. I just fooled around a little bit. I put the wand down (external:) and picked it up a couple of times for another peek. Cory made a knocking sound and I about crapped my pants. I thought I was going to get caught playing with very expensive equipment. That was the end of my experimentation. The doctor came in and took a quick look himself. He said that everything appears to look great. All the organs look healthy. The baby is still in the low percentiles.

Last time we were there I remember hearing that if the baby was not in the 20th percentile there may be cause for concern. So of course my mind goes there. Baby has had some growth but remains on the lower end where he would expect a baby (with parents our size) to be in the 50th percentile. He still did not seem to be too concerned about it yet. He said when I hit 28 weeks and it is still in those lower ranges then there will be some concern. However, he did say I could just be followed up with by my regular OB from now on. I questioned that since we were told otherwise and that I understood that we would be seen there as well until the birth of the baby. The part of me that gets upset is because Beckett was just fine!!! He did great throughout the whole pregnancy. He looked perfect. Everything was in order and appeared completely healthy and then something happened and he DIED!! I just want to scream it. He agreed with me and said we could definitely be monitored with them from here on out. He did not read previous notes that we would be followed throughout by both my OB and these specialists. Whew! It just makes me feel better to know that we will be doing everything we can to get this baby here alive.

Please pray for some more growth and for the continued health of this baby.