Our Last Ultrasound

Yesterday, we had our last ultrasound for "Baby M", as some have been calling her! =)  We wanted to make sure she still had a healthy weight and that all was well.  We had the "pleasure" of having a student work on us . . . ughhh!  I totally understand the need to real/hands-on experience, but gaining this experience really wore on my very thin patience!  I felt like her training session took forever and she kept on pressing on the sore parts of my belly.  But finally, the real tech took over and all was good.  We found out that our little lady is weighing in at 6 pounds 1 ounce and her heart rate was 144.  Of course, everything couldn't go smoothly.  "Baby M" was sleeping most of the time and we needed her to practice breathing during this checkup, which did not happen.  We tried to bounce her around to wake her up, but nothing worked.  So we were sent over to get a Non Stress Test.  This consisted of me sitting in a recliner, with a heartbeat and movement monitors strapped to my stomach, then we had to wait 30 minutes.  I also had a clicker to track the movements.  The baby's heart rate need to raise significantly while she moved.  Thankfully, we passed the test with flying colors!  Yay!

You might be asking if I have pictures to share . . . and the answer is yes.  But I'm working from home these days and I don't have a scanner here.  So everyone will have to wait to see the real deal! =)  But you aren't missing too much because the pictures do not come out very well when the babies are so big in the belly and "Baby M" had her hands covering her face most of the time.  She did give us a "thumbs up", though!  So cute!