What A Difference 4 Weeks Makes...

Pooh at 30 weeks

Pooh at 26 weeks
We have been unable to get a good shot of Pooh's face or profile for weeks due to the fact that he was prone (facing inside of me or towards my back). All we have been seeing is his spine. He has finally turned a little and I was thrilled to see his little face again. If you compare the two photos above, the first at 30 weeks gestation and the second at 26 weeks gestation, you can see that he now has cheeks. As you can tell, he's still a tiny little thing, but I was so excited to see that he's putting on fat stores. He doesn't look as much like a skeleton anymore and is beginning to look more like a baby. This fat will help him tremendously in the first days after birth when babies generally drop weight.

On another note, I was in the hospital all day receiving fluids and being monitored. Afterwards, all signs of reverse-end diastolic flow were gone. We have managed to buy a couple more days. I will be back in the hospital on Monday and at the perinatologist's office on Tuesday for dopplers and growth scans. Please pray that by Tuesday we'll have a 2 pounder in Pooh. If so, it will be worth every Ensure I have had to drink.

Oh, and in case you all are wondering why we are still referring to our boys as Pooh and Tigger, it's because Todd and I are still deciding whether to call Tigger Emerson or Parks. Todd and I have differing opinions. Neither one of us is willing to back down just yet, so we'll see what happens.