Our 32 Week Sonograms

We were fortunate these past two weeks to not only have one sonogram, but two! I will talk about the "fun" sonogram first, where we got to see Miss Adalee in 3D!

Leading up to our appointment, I had heard a lot of stories about 3D sonograms - some stories were good, but mostly I had heard stories about uncooperative babies who spent the entire time hiding their beautiful faces! I was hopeful that Miss Adalee would not be shy and that we would get to see her face and a little bit of movement. As you will see from the photographs, she definitely delivered! From the moment the ultrasound started, Adalee was a busy bee! The first thing we saw was a big yawn, during which she threw her head back, arched her back, and opened her mouth super wide! We were also able to see her put her fingers in her mouth, then put her toes in her mouth, the her fingers back in her mouth. We had known that she kept her feet and hands near her face, but it was so cool to see her actually putting her fingers and toes in her mouth - as unsanitary as it sounds! We also got to see her stick out her tongue, wave to us, and even open her eyes - it was one of the coolest moments thus far in the pregnancy! Overall the sonographer said that everything about Adalee looked great and that we have a very active little girl! She weighed in at four pounds and one ounce - right on track for her December 18th due date! We had around 30 photos taken, but here are some of our favorites, as well as a short video of her sonogram...

One of the first pictures we got to see of Adalee!

Big yawn! She was a tired girl this afternoon!

Opening her eyes! Too bad we didn't catch this one in 3D...

Waving hello to Mom and Dad!

Our other sonogram this past week was to determine the position of the placenta relative to my cervix. For this sonogram, we were referred to see a perinatal sonographer, which is essentially a sonographer who specializes in performing ultrasounds for high risk pregnancies. The ultrasound felt the same as every other ultrasound, however, the images were a lot more detailed. The doctor and sonographer took a lot of measurements and ultimately determined that my placenta is approximately 0.7 centimeters away from my cervix. Womp. We were hoping/needing to hear that it was at least 1 centimeter away, preferably 1.5 to 2 centimeters away. Being my emotional self, of course I started to cry, but ultimately I want Miss Adalee to be born in the safest way possible. Our doctor is allowing us to have one more sonogram at 35 weeks to measure the distance again, but we have moved forward with scheduling an early cesarean section in case there is no movement again. It looks like we may have Miss Adalee here sooner than we originally anticipated!

Miss Adalee's side profile at 32 weeks!

A great picture of her full lips - which she gets from Mom!