Stubborn Bean...

We had another photo session with Baby Bean today.  This one was much more detailed to make sure that the baby's anatomy was correct, you know, two hands, two feet, heart and stomach on the correct side of the body and a few things that look at risk for Down Syndrome.  So all checked out, two hands, two feet etc, except for when it came to looking at the things needed to figure out the risk for Down Syndrome.  Now don't worry, in the end our risk for Down Syndrome came out to be 1 in > 10,000 but getting there was the chore.

The ultrasound tech needed the baby to be on its back in order to get a good profile shot to measure the neck folds and look for a nasal bone.  Well for a good twenty to thirty minutes or so this baby WOULD NOT turn from being on its side.  No matter what we tried:  nudging with the u/s wand (on top of my very full bladder I might add), putting me upside down, turning on my side and coughing several times, baby Cannon wouldnt move.  Eventually the tech threatened to go get the doctor and left.  We suppose that this stubborn child thought we had given up because when she came back, she tried one more time and the baby had gotten into the right position...for about 30 seconds, then turned back on its side.  It was just long enough to get two neck measurements and see the nasal bone.  Stubborn bean.

So all news was good, there was still some blood behind the placenta which the doc just wants to keep monitoring throughout the pregnancy.  Because it is close to the edge of the placenta, it does put me at greater risk for abruption (separation of the placenta from the uterine wall)  but for now its a watch and wait game.