8 december 2011 sonogram

We had a sonogram yesterday although it wasn't for the normal growth scans. The next appt for that will be in 3 weeks instead of 2 since we're traveling for Christmas. But we did get a few little pics of the profile which the sonographer wasn't able to capture last time. The first picture shows the nose, lips, and chin pretty well from the side. The second picture is also of the face but kind of from below. Baby was head down at the appointment.

Baby is about 6.3" long head to rump at this point.

Before you scroll down and look at the last picture, let me explain. Or rather, let me just tell you that no, I am not pregnant with an alien. This is how the baby's face shows up at this point because a lot of the soft tissue hasn't filled out yet. Remember, its not even half way through growing. The harder and more dense skeletal material (i.e., cartilage and then bone) shows up more white on the sono and then the soft tissue shows up more gray. In the future, it won't look so alien-like. At least I hope so :) This was taken from directly south looking up since the baby's head was down.

We're looking forward to the next appt in 3 weeks to see how the baby has grown since the last scans were done.