It's President's Day today and Amaraa had her appointment with the perinatologist. We were excited about this one because they said they would give us a measurement on the baby. He measured just over two pounds a couple of weeks ago, so we were hoping for three pounds or more this time around. The nurse said that they usually only measure the baby every three weeks or so, but Amaraa said "pretty please" and they measured him for her. 3.3 POUNDS!!! Another milestone reached! Dr. Feltovich, the perinatologist, said that she was really encouraged by the progress Amaraa is making. She said that she never thought Amaraa would make it this far when she was admitted to the hospital a month ago. She was sure the baby would be sitting at an incubator in the NICU at this point. Amaraa has been bleeding into her amniotic fluid which can sometimes cause babies to not grow as well (drinking more blood than amniotic fluid = fewer nutrients), but today, he measured 6 days larger than our dates suggest! He's doing great! We feel so blessed. Every time Amaraa has an ultrasound, the baby puts his hands over his face, so we always get pictures of his hands and feet. Since I posted pictures of his hand last time, I won't post the one from this appointment. Hopefully we'll get some good pictures of his face at the next exam.
Today, Amaraa had a lot of visitors. My mom and dad came and several of our Mongolian friends visited. They had Mongolian food in tow, so Amaraa was very happy.
Yesterday, Amaraa didn't have much bleeding, so she was joking that she was going to start packing her bags to go home. She told the perinatologist and they all had a good laugh. The doctor said "No packing bags for you! You're here for the long haul!"
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