Ultrasound #4

Today was ultrasound #4, where a doctor reads the ultrasound data and looks for any kind of abnormality that might explain why all the extra fluid. He couldn't find anything wrong, everything looked good. Unfortunately, we still have to go back in three weeks to make sure things are still going ok. The baby's current position makes it difficult for him to see what's going on in her throat, where any swallowing issues would occur, but he seemed to think that the size of her stomach indicated good swallowing ability.

In the good news column, the baby hasn't grown precipitously in the past week since ultrasound #3 - she's measuring as weighing 5lb 3oz, and in general, her stats put her at around 34.5 weeks, which is only two weeks ahead of schedule instead of three. So maybe she's mellowing out on the whole growth thing, and she'll end up normal-sized by the time she's full-term. Or not. She could end up unbearably huge - literally unbearable. But let's hope for the normal-size thing; that sounds much better to me.