23 week ultrasounds

23 week Level II ultrasounds from the specialist's office.

They found out from the 20 week scans that he had SUA (Single Umbilical Artery), commonly known as a 2-vessel cord (a normal cord has 3: two arteries and one vein). They wanted to follow up with a Level II ultrasound to check all of his organs, pieces and parts to make sure there were no significant risks.

He checked out fine - completely perfect from head to toe! Praise God!

The only thing they'll watch him for now is to make sure he gets nice and big, 2-vessel cord babies are sometimes small and come early. Let's pray he stays put until he's nice and fat and arrives as close to April 2nd as possible!

You can see a cross section of the cord here just to the lower left of his fist.

The single artery compensates by getting bigger.

This is one of my favorite pictures. It's a close up of his face to check for any signs of a cleft palate.

You can see his lips and nostrils, and both of his arms up like he's rubbing his eyes with his fists. He must have been sleepy - we could watch him yawning during the entire scan.