Day 20: Growth Ultrasound Day!!

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

This morning, I got to see our Little Man for his weekly ultrasound. This was an especially exciting ultrasound because the doctors had put in an order to measure his growth and weight during this ultrasound. They only measure growth about every 2.5 to 3 weeks to give these little babies time to show, hopefully, how much they have grown! The last time Little Man had his growth measured was April 5th, the 2nd full day after we arrived here at the hospital. So we were very much looking forward to seeing how much he may have grown!!

We got very good news today from the ultrasound!  They estimate that he weighs 4 pounds and 10 ounces now! That is in the 50 percentile and his growth is measuring at exactly 32 weeks and 5 days!
He was 3 lbs, 5 ounces on April 5th, so he has grown 21 ounces in 18 days!! That means that so far he has been growing just over an ounce a day! So, now my goal for he and I is to break the 5 pound mark, if Little Buddy will be patient and stay in my tummy for a few more days!! We only need about 6 more ounces for him to reach 5 pounds!!
He remains head down and all his organs and systems were looking good. He is still doing lots of "practice breathing" too.

This is Brent's favorite picture from today's ultrasound. This image is looking directly into his little face!

This is my favorite with his little face in profile and his hand right above his face so you can see his little fingers!
We are so thankful that he is growing so well!Praise Jesus for a great report! We are praying that he will continue to stay in and keep growing until he gets past that 34 week mark!