Our final ultrasound was yesterday - these things never cease to amaze me. While we could distinguish neither wiener nor definitive lack of wiener, we did see baby’s face – puffy cheeks and puffy lips, framed by puffy arms in a boxer’s crouch position – and he/she stuck his/her tongue out as us. Really. He/she is a ham already.
We were also able to distinguish the flapping of individual heart ventricles (wow) and the presence of other internal organs – except for the stomach and kidneys, which were suspiciously absent. Seems our baby will not be able to digest food, nor filter toxins from his/her bloodstream, so we will have to maintain the umbilical until medical science catches up. I’m kidding of course, but I swear I could make out a gizzard, which is equally concerning because now we’ll have to feed him/her crushed gravel and pebbles to aid digestion. Gawd.
Also of note, baby is sitting up and looking forward like a kangaroo er - sorry, wallaby - riding pouch. This is one horizontal flip and one vertical flip away from the ideal birth position – so wallaby had better make with the rolls and somersaults!
Almost 6 weeks to go… ticktickticktick…
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