20 Week Ultrasound

We had our ultrasound last week to check that all of little Eva’s pieces are in the right places. According to the ultrasound she is perfect! I am so grateful to have a healthy baby on the way. Fortunately she is lying on her side with her head by my right hip so it was easy to see everything clearly. Now, I am ready for her to move as she is getting too tall to fit between my hip bones much longer so my stomach is feeling very stretched.

I asked my mom if she wanted to come to the ultrasound. I figured she would like to see one live since she has a lot of grandchildren (17 counting Eva) and has not yet seen a live ultrasound. She said she was glad to be there, but it was hard on her. Every time the technician said she was going to check for something like heart problems or cleft lip, my mother would hold her breath until all was pronounced good. I had already seen most of Eva on the 16 week ultrasound so I was not expecting any real problems. Still, it was a relief as each little part was cleared and we were told that everything was perfectly healthy.

The other good news…my blood pressure spontaneously dropped from 140/90 to 101/64. I have been taking extra calcium, eating tons of protein and drinking LOTS of water, but I am not sure how much is just my body adjusting to pregnancy and how much is due to my good efforts.

Scary though, I had serious cramping Sunday for about 6 hours. It eventually stopped when I took a nice long nap, but it made me nervous. By the time I managed to reach my midwife the cramps had stopped but she was more worried than I had been. I guess I tend to under-react for fear of overreacting. The midwife came to check my cervix and everything else at 9:30 PM on a Sunday. Find a doctor that will do that! Everything was fine and I just got a little lecture on why I SHOULD overreact sometimes and that if it happened again I was to get off my feet immediately and call the midwife if it lasted longer than 2 hours.