24 weeks 2 days Scan

Baby Beckett is still growing (and wiggling) like a champ.  He even kicked the doctor during his ultrasound.  We didn't get any really cute profile pictures because he was facing backwards, but I think he's precious regardless.  In this ultrasound, you can see his head in the middle, and the white line above and to the left of it is his forearm, with his hand right next to his head.  (Ignore the date; we didn't time travel to 2018 for these.  It's a portable ultrasound, so I guess the date gets messed when it's unplugged and moved so often.)

Here we have a graph of his heartbeat, a nice, strong 136 beats per minute.  A picture of his heart pumping blood is in the trapezoid in the top center, but it doesn't look like much here.

And his measurements:

His AUA (average ultrasound age) is 25 weeks, 0 days.

He weighs 1 pound 9 ounces.

BPD (bi-parietal diameter, or the diameter of the skull from ear to ear) measured 25 weeks 3 days.

HC (head circumference) measured 25 weeks.

AC (abdominal circumference) measured 24 weeks 4 days.

FL (femur length) measured 24 weeks 6 days.

(I am glad the date is off on this, because it says my estimated date of delivery is November 12, 2018 and I don't think I can wait that long!)

20 weeks 2 days Scan

Everything looks good!  He's growing and wiggling, and I can feel him moving around off and on during the day.  (The resident who was with my doctor said he is "so cute!"  I have to agree.)

Here's his profile:

Here are some of the measurements they took:

His AUA (average ultrasound age) is 21 weeks, 0 days.
He weighs 12 oz.
BPD (bi-parietal diameter, or the diameter of the skull from ear to ear) measured 21 weeks 4 days.
HC (head circumference) measured 21 weeks 4 days.
AC (abdominal circumference) measured 20 weeks 3 days.
FL (femur length) measured 20 weeks 1 day.

18 weeks 2 days Scan

Baby Jackson is a boy!  His development is right on track.  He was very active during the ultrasound, which led to jokes about break dancing and boxing.  He kept his hands in little fists near his head for most of the hour-long scan, but he did eventually allow them to take some pictures of them.  He measured closer to 19 weeks than 18 weeks 2 days.

9 weeks 2 days Scan

Baby is actually measuring closer to 9 weeks 4 days and is actually starting to look like a baby.

6 weeks 2 days Scan

Baby doesn't look like much yet, but we were able to see a lovely heartbeat.  :)