AS Update

amberrrjade · June 2013

I went for my A/S on Friday. Seeing baby was so amazing, I hadn't seen baby since 10 weeks so DH & I were very excited. I had no idea how in depth they could get with the sonograms, they checked all of LOs organs & bones and thankfully everything is just perfect! I teared up a bit during it. At one point LO had their arm behind their head and the tech needed to see it so she pushed on my stomach and LO went crazy, DH was like "WHOOOO THE BABY MOVED!" lol Alsoooooo it's a GIRL, her name is Marlena!!!! DH is very thrilled as am I. She likes to sleep just like me, hands above her head and on her face. Eeee it was so cute, I got a ton of pictures and neither of us can stop looking at them.

I do have a question though. DH & I both believe the tech said she was 10 inches long and last night I read the average length for a fetus at 20 weeks is 6.5... anyone else have longer babies? Or did I miss hear her? I think I'm going to call on Monday, just cause I'm curious.

lbethke99 · June 2013

amberrrjade:
I do have a question though. DH & I both believe the tech said she was 10 inches long and last night I read the average length for a fetus at 20 weeks is 6.5... anyone else have longer babies? Or did I miss hear her? I think I'm going to call on Monday, just cause I'm curious.

head to rump is 6.5 inches- your LO's over all lenght is probably 10 inch.

sands42 · June 2013

Could she have said 10 oz? That's how much my baby was at my a/s... According to the bump the babes are around 6.5 inches at 20 weeks.... Big it still is a rough estimate so who knows! Congrats on your little girl!!

jenaggie12 · June 2013

lbethke99:
amberrrjade:
I do have a question though. DH & I both believe the tech said she was 10 inches long and last night I read the average length for a fetus at 20 weeks is 6.5... anyone else have longer babies? Or did I miss hear her? I think I'm going to call on Monday, just cause I'm curious. 
head to rump is 6.5 inches- your LO's over all lenght is probably 10 inch.

This. After 20 weeks they begin measuring the full length. Congrats on a baby girl!!

amberrrjade · June 2013

lbethke99:
amberrrjade:
I do have a question though. DH & I both believe the tech said she was 10 inches long and last night I read the average length for a fetus at 20 weeks is 6.5... anyone else have longer babies? Or did I miss hear her? I think I'm going to call on Monday, just cause I'm curious.
head to rump is 6.5 inches- your LO's over all lenght is probably 10 inch.

Oh that makes sense!

dnt27 · June 2013

Congrats on your perfect baby girl!

kabrissette · June 2013

I'm so glad your scan went well!! Marlena is a beautiful name too

CoIvie · June 2013

Congrats!

Louise48 · June 2013

Congrats and cute name

kris10bishop · June 2013

Yay! Congratulations!

Rharold · June 2013

I actually asked this at my appointment when they said my baby was ovER the estimate. She said the averages are usually so low that if they really were that small there would be cause for concern. So "big" on the averages is really normal, if that makes sense.