18 weeks and big Ultrasound

Well, we had our big Ultrasound yesterday. Most everything is looking good with baby so far.

Baby was being a little stuborn so we didn't get any really good profile shots to show you. At this ultraound they check everything very closely since this can be only ultrasound in the pregnancy.

You can see all the bones most clearly in the pictures, especially the spine. They checked babies brain, heart, bladder, kidney's, stomach and bones. All anatomy looked great.

There were a couple troubling points however. The main one was my amniotic fluid. They would like to see your fluid between 5 and 20. Mine was measuring at 8. We don't have any conclusive results until the radiologist interprets the ultrasound, so it a wait and see thing. At this point in the pregnancy if the fluid is too low it could indicate issues with the kidney's or urinary tract. We are still well within good ranges though and the radiologist will just confirm.

They other issue was that my placenta is at 3cm. With a placenta lower than 2, they will not do a vaginal delivery due to the placenta being in the way. This isn't a big of an issue because the placenta can still move and will most likely move up rather than down. So, just something to note, but nothing that causes any concern at this point.

So, after all that, we still really don't know anything. Baby's heartrate was a good 153 beats per minute. We just need to wait and hear what our next steps are. It may be business as usual and a completely normal pregnancy from here on out, another ultrasound to confirm that all is good or closer monitoring. Hopefully we'll have an update shortly.