Ultrasound results

We had baby's 18-20 week morphology ultrasound on Friday! Baby is completely happy, even though he/she had it's hands in a fist. :) It was moving and rolling and crossing it's legs! I must admit I had some happy tears. I think even Andrew was about to cry! 


One thing we did find out though, is that baby has slight dolichocephaly.  According to http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/dolichocephalic

Definition of DOLICHOCEPHALY

: having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of less than 75

I have no idea what this means.  I can only find information on it on babies already born, and it seems to be in preterm (premature) babies. So I really have no idea. I'd like to find out more information, but Andrew just wants to live in ignorance. I can see how that works, but why tell me the word knowing that Google is out there. However. The report only says slight. Perhaps baby's head had a growth spurt just before the ultrasound. I'm sure it'll correct itself by the time baby's born.. Or I'm thinking it's going to be a lot more painful vaginal birth than I had with J lol.


The placenta is also posterior (at my back) and low, which poses a problem only if it continues to descend and cover the cervix. That will make a vaginal birth difficult or impossible.
I've been told that I'll need a ultrasound at 32 weeks to see how the baby's doing and where the placenta is. I was very tempted, and apparently, so was Andrew, to ask if baby was a Boy or a Girl.  But we didn't... lets see how we go at the next ultrasound :)
I've seen the local doctors, but I'm heading back to see my own doctor on Tuesday. The I have a midwife appt 2 hours later, so I should be full of information by the time I get home! 


Also this week, I start my prac for uni!! That means, after this week, I have 4 exams and I'm finished!! I'm so excited. I haven't yet started studying, even though I know I should.


I was hoping to spend this weekend as a family and do family things. I wanted to go to the handmade markets, but then we didn't go coz Andrew actually did some yard work :D He did some hedging and mowing and put the baby's cot together. Then I wanted to go to Southbank to take Jensen to the beach and have a picnic, and Andrew was going to meet up with his friends. But now we're not meeting up with his friends until tonight, and I got pissed off. I don't like to just sit around all day and do nothing, when we could be out doing something as a family. But I decided to get over it, coz anger was getting me nowhere. I hung out some washing, and brought some in, and decided that Jensen and I would have picnic in the backyard instead! We asked Andrew to come out and join us, instead of playing the PS3. He came out and he's said we can do something familyish after Jensen has a nap. So he's down for a nap!


We're going camping next weekend too! Stradbroke Island lookout!  We've had a lot of rain in Brisbane over the last 2 weeks, so I'm hoping it holds off so we can go camping. Also, if the weather-makers are reading - please be really hot and sunny with no wind, so we can go swimming!