Third and Final Ultrasound

Our Beautiful Emma Grace

Earlier this afternoon we had our third ultrasound to see Emma. Well, not only to see Emma (which was the reason we wanted it of course) but to see if I had what they call Placenta Previa. PP, is a low-lying placenta that can entirely or partially cover the cervix and makes delivery impossible and very dangerous. They saw that I had a low-lying placenta during our 19w ultrasound and today was to see if it had moved upward (which it usually does) or if it was going to cause us to have a scheduled c-section.

Luckily, the placenta is compeltely out of the way and definitely high enough for me to have a regular delivery without complications. We were taking this as it came and were ready for anything. But we are ecstatic that everything has worked out fine. Plus, we got a good luck at our girl!!

Emma is now head down, directly on the cervix. She is in the 70th% which means she is bigger than average at this point weighing in at 4lbs 12oz. and we still have two months to go!! If she stays on this course she will be comparable to Lily who was born 8lbs 7oz. She is absolutely healthy and everything working and measuring as it should. So we are still on track for an April 12 due date or maybe earlier if Emma decides to come say hi. We'll just have to wait and see.

So I tried and tried to get some text on this for everyone to understand what I did but of course it didn't work and my patience is running thin with the software so I'll just describe what the picture is all about.

This is a comparison collage.

The top two images are Lily at 36 weeks

The bottom two images are Emma at 32.5 weeks

The images on the left are profile views

The images on the right are face on views

If you're like Mike and I we can't stop looking at this. And we can't believe how much they look alike! The tech also said Emma has peach fuzz on her head and getting nice full cheeks :). We can't wait until April to see how much these sisters look alike!!