We were back at the doctor's office today for another ultrasound. Very good news today: they found no evidence of any further bleeding, and therefore no cause for any more alarm. Bed rest is officially over! It also appears that I misunderstood something from our last ultrasound -- my placenta is NOT too low, which rules out placenta previa. Sorry for the false alarm.
Today's ultrasound was a very thorough one where they do all sorts of measurements to make sure the baby has all of his organs, that he doesn't have club feet or a cleft (sp?) lip or thick eyelids (which would possibly indicate down syndrome), that things are functioning properly, etc. Everything checked out very well.
The coolest thing of all is that the ultrasound tech caught a picture of Baby Otis sucking his thumb!!! It is so amazing, and as a friend put it, "makes him look more like a baby and less like a blob." Couldn't have said it any better.
We are extremely relieved following today's news. The only bad things to come from our appointment are that we are not allowed to travel for the holidays (we are so sad to not be spending time with our families -- what on earth are we going to do by ourselves???) and that I am still not allowed to go on walks with the dogs.
Back to the doctor in two weeks for another check-up. Will update again then, if not before.
Happy holidays!!!
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