4 weeks to go!

I had another ultrasound yesterday with our perinatologist and he was pleased with Joshua's progress.  This was a huge relief after the technician told us "not to freak out", but she saw a slowing in the baby's growth that she wanted to talk to the doctor about.  Of course, I immediately started freaking out!  The doctor, however, was not concerned.  Joshua measured at 4 lbs. 5 oz. which is only in the 12th-13th percentile for weight at this gestational age, but because the abdominal circumference is a big part of approximating the baby's weight and his condition prevents an accurate abdominal measurement, size of gastroschisis babies are frequently underestimated.  The excellent news is blood flow through the cord is good, Joshua is practicing breathing indicating good lung development, and his intestines are still not showing signs of inflammation - this was a really pleasant surprise to the doctor since he expected to see dilation of the bowel by this point.  So for now we are still planning on a regular delivery around 39 weeks which means only 4 weeks to go!  The ultrasound pictures are hard to make out at this stage since things are pretty squished in there so I don't have a good picture to post. 

Instead, I will post pictures from the baby shower the ladies from David's family had for me several weeks ago.  I lucked out in the in-law category, these ladies are the best! 

A special thank you to Linda & Alysun for their hard work organizing such a fun event!!