Baby Wyatt Update

Have you seen all the super adorable ideas for documenting pregnancy? Like this? LOVE! My belly pictures are few and far between, and they look like this

That's me at 22.5 weeks. People keep telling how humongous I am - but baby is measuring exactly right on target (1 lb 3 oz) and I've gained 11 pounds total this pregnancy thankyouverymuch. I have to say, people saying stuff to you (things they would NEVER EVER EVER! say to a nonpregnant woman!) while you're pregnant is probably the #1 thing I hate about being pregnant. No, I'm not overly huge or carrying quads, yes this baby was planned and wanted, yes I know how babies are made AND how to prevent it, yes we are happy it's a boy/girl but would have been happy with either, and (this one takes the cake) NO Mr. Guy I've Only Met One Other Time it is NOT any of your business whether I've started dilating because anything going on inside my vagina is pretty much private.

Anyway... I started to write this post last night, thinking I might have a little update on Wyatt and I and another ultrasound picture of some random piece of Shy Baby Boy's anatomy. BUT NO!!

First of all, we got amazing news today. So, two separate doctors on three previous ultrasounds, have told us that I have what appeared to be vasa previa - blood vessels of the baby crossing my cervix, which is a scary complication. Well, at my last ultrasound, the maternal fetal medicine doctor said he wasn't totally convinced that it wasn't a part of the baby's umbilical cord instead... well, today he confirmed that it was in fact cord and NOT unsupported vessels!!! That is HUGE!!!

He will look again in one month to make totally 100% sure, but we saw the "vessels" move away from my cervix when Wyatt moved - I saw it myself - which really does mean that he's had a piece of his umbilical cord hanging out down there this whole time. We'll keep an eye on that too, to make sure it's not there when I go into labor, but worse case scenario is that I might need a c-section at the end if it is. But that is SO much better than all the scary things that would happen if I had vasa previa!!

And in other exciting news, Wyatt was in a great mood and decided to finally show us his sweet little face (I have had so, so many ultrasounds and he has always hidden his face)! This is fun, but it's also a huge praise for me, because... well, I will just be completely honest... I have HATED this pregnancy. I spent my whole first trimester completely unable to be happy or bond with this baby, because I was certain I would lose him - I mean, "odds are..." when you've lost more babies than you've gotten to keep. And then as soon as I was "safe" from that, there was all that vasa previa stuff, which meant I could lose this baby all the way until the end, and I was terrified. There haven't really been any happy pregnancy moments - even when I've felt him kick, I would think "check, he's alive today." I haven't allowed myself to look forward to the end of my pregnancy or his birth (because they were going to be terrifying). And, honestly, I also hadn't allowed myself to day dream about HIM at all.

Well, all that changed today. Not only because I got amazingly happy news that makes my pregnancy pretty darn NORMAL (I am still at risk for preterm birth and will stay on progesterone shots, but that's not a biggie), but also because check out how ADORABLE he is!!!

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When they did the live video of him, I really think he looked a lot like Henry as a newborn. Oh my gosh, I just cannot wait to meet this sweet guy now!!

A couple of 2D pictures of his face

He is measuring exactly on target and at his dozenth ultrasound checked out perfectly perfect! And THAT makes mama perfectly happy!!!!