Cletus at week 29

It's week 29 and Cletus' school pictures are back to giving off that alien from X-Files vibe again. This picture is a head shot of Cletus' face and in particular, the lens of his right eye. Beth, our ultrasound tech, seemed really happy that she was able to capture a shot like this so I guess I should be glad that she got it for the doctor's files, but ... part of me had to admit that I'm a little creeped out thinking that my baby looks so alien-esque. Picture #2 is better ...

In this picture you are shown a side profile of the baby's head, jaw bones and teeth. I am fairly certain that the baby won't be born with teeth that have already popped out of his gums but apparently they are there.

Here's an interesting fact that we don't have in picture form ... Cletus has hair. Beth was able to point out on her screen, the area of Cletus' head where there were little spikey things protruding out from the back of the head. I had no idea that you could see things as fine as hair, via an ultrasound picture so this was a good meeting for us. Daddy was present for this ultra sound and it was his first time hearing the baby's heart beat.

We are progressing nicely and the baby is right on target for his height/weight class. The baby is in the 46th percentile this week (it's a drop in metrics compared to where he was at during the last ultrasound but it's a still a good height/weight for a baby being born to a diabetic Mommy. The doctors don't want the baby to be too big when he's ready to pop.)

Stay tuned for more info in 3 weeks.

XOXOXO,
Cletus Your Fetus