Hi! Weekly ultrasounds began yesterday. Every 2 weeks they will look at growth, and every week will be a non-stress test of sorts, where they check the amount of amniotic fluid, the position of the baby and placenta, the functionality of the umbilical cord, and look to see the heart beat. Baby also has to move a little each week, so they know she's okay. She was sound asleep in there yesterday, so I switched positions and jiggled and poked and talked to her...but to no avail. The technician busted out a little 'noise-maker,' which makes a horrible (but not too loud) alarm-clock buzzing sound. She pressed it up against my abdomen, where Baby's head is, and woke her right up! She kept covering her face with her hand (probably saying, "STOP LOOKING AT ME, ALREADY!!"), so I don't have a beautiful picture to share this week. Maybe next week she'll be feeling more like a starlet and pose for us.
Here's the update:
This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds and measures 17.2 inches. Thanks to her recent weight gain, she's losing that wrinkled alien look. Most of your baby's bones are hardening now, but her skull is still quite pliable. It's actually in separate pieces with spaces in between. This flexible structure allows your baby's head to compress so it can fit through your relatively narrow birth canal. The pressure on the head during birth is so intense that many babies are born with a conehead-like appearance. This is totally harmless, normal, and temporary. Her skull plates won't completely fuse until early adulthood.
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