20 week ultrasound...or so we thought?

We had our 20 week ultrasound today. As far as we know, everything is great. We have our appointment with our Dr tomorrow to go over the results form the radiologist. The ultrasound tech seemed in good spirits, so i am assuming all is well...

At my initial appointment at around 8 weeks, they calculated that my due date was October 3rd. When all was said and done at my appointment today, based on measurements, they put me at about 18 weeks 4 days. A few measurements measured right around 19 weeks, or 19 weeks 1 day, however, the main calculation of measurements put my due date at October 14th. It doesn't really bother me that the due date was changed, except for the fact that you want them to say, "oh, you are actually measuring right around 22 weeks." This way you have less time to be pregnant. I am just glad everything seems well with the baby but i'll update tomorrow.

Before the ultrasound they tell you to drink at least 16oz of water so that your bladder is full and pushes the baby up away from the pelvic area. About an hour before, i drank about 30oz. Mostly because when i drink a lot of water or eat food, the baby becomes more active, and i can feel it moving around a lot more. I thought drinking more would help it to be REALLY ACTIVE. Well, when i got the the appointment, my bladder was only like an inch thick. I couldn't believe it. I felt like i had to pee the entire appointment, and here she is telling me my bladder doesn't look full at all...what in the world? Also, just like Asa, this baby was in total chill mode. It moved a little, as in, it moved its head back and forth a bit, and moved its hand up and down a bit, but not much. Despite the fact the baby was very still, it was SO low in my pelvis, and was head down. She had to push really hard on my pelvis to get good pictures of the head. Baby was curled into what looked like a really uncomfortable ball with it's head pushed down into my pelvis. What a weird baby! The tech told us that her first baby was really still during the ultrasound, and he is a really mellow child, and her second baby was totally active and is a really hyper child. We figure if her predictions are at all right, that we will have a second baby just as relaxed and mellow as Asa.

Also, i have a posterior placenta. With Asa it was anterior, which in case you don't remember, meant that the placenta was connected to the front part of my stomach. They explain this as a slab of something like liver between my belly lining, and the baby, so it is really hard to feel the baby move, and takes really long to feel movement. With this baby, the placenta is connected to my back close to the spine, so that is where the thick tissue is. This explains why i have felt so much more movement and so early. I don't think i felt Asa move until close to 20 weeks, and it was minimal. I was already feeling this one move around 16 weeks. This is SO fun for me, because i didn't get to experience it the first time around.

Gotta love when little ones are growing inside you. Boy or girl, we can't wait to meet it!