Bobble-head Baby
Well, based on the ultrasound yesterday, 2.0 has the body of a 35-weeker and the head of a 39-weeker. Yes, he has a gigantic head. That’s currently just millimeters away from my cervix.
This explains a lot.
Happily, there didn’t seem to be any fluid on the brain - unless we hear otherwise, it looks like he just has a gigantic head. Which would not be out of the realm of possibility, given his parentage (neither M. nor I can wear ‘normal’ sized hats). Also happily, the cervix is still long and closed, so unless he gets impatient and decides to use his abnormally large head as a battering ram, he shouldn’t be trying to get out anytime soon.
We got an interesting look at him chewing, of all things. I’ve seen a few things on ultrasound, but none of them were as weird as that. What is he chewing? Why is he chewing? Is this something he needs to be practicing right now? He was also frowning, which makes me think that he’s going to arrive on the scene pissed and ready to go down on a pizza or something.
I had thought (hoped?) that the days of the dildo-cam were behind me, but nooooooo. Because of 2.0’s gigantic head and its positioning way the hell down in my pelvis, the technician couldn’t get a look at the cervix without using the damned thing. As always, I was glad to have taken a shower before I went.
At any rate, that’s where we’re currently sitting. Baby: gigantic head. Riding so low as to make walking for any distance virtually impossible. Mommy: heavy with child. So very, very heavy. And half of a mind that if the head is full term, couldn’t we just deliver now and be done with it?
November 24th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Dildo cam. Heh. The sight of that thing made me laugh hysterically.
Glad all is well.
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November 24th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
ohmygosh, hiroyuki used to chew. i have it on an ultrasound video. i think he would be chewing on his fingers.
you know we get the vagicam until the first trimester is over, here in japan. *sigh*
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November 26th, 2007 at 11:25 am
Rachel - Thanks! It’s a stupid looking device, isn’t it?
Illahee - It’s so weird, the chewing thing. I didn’t know that they have required dildocamming through the first trimester there - see, this is why I didn’t want to have kids in Japan (actually, it was more of just worrying that the language thing would prove to be a real issue. M. would have been of no help there).
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