Twenty Six Weeks

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart )i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go,my dear)
i fear
no fate (for you are my fate,my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud a
nd the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which
grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

- ee cummings

Twenty Four Weeks

February 11, 2004

Our "24 week" visit to our OB/GYN went well. We met the midwife, Heather, whom I've heard great things about. I've gained another 2 pounds. I thought it would have been more by the looks of my belly. The midwife said my weight is perfect and Satchel's heart sounds great. Our next visit isn't for another month.

Above is a 3D sonogram of our son, Satchel, taken by the very talented sonographer, Jennifer Dewan. At 24wks 4/7 days gestational age, his feet now measure 5 cm long. He made faces and yawned. It was amazing to watch. The 3D sono takes many slices with sound then puts them together to form an image. It gets a little distorted as the sound must travel through my abdominal wall, uterine muscle and amniotic fluid in order to reach the baby, but it's much more realistic than the standard 1D/2D sonogram. You can even see the shadows from the cord. There is a shadow on his right cheek and part of the actual cord is resting just below the left side of his chin