All is well.

First of all, thank you for all of the sweet and thoughtful comments, texts, and emails I received. It was so nice to know how many people were thinking of Macey and me. I really appreciated every single message.

We went for our ultrasound this afternoon and thankfully, all is well. I feel like a gigantic weight has been lifted off my shoulders. The funny thing is, I held it together pretty well yesterday. My family was surprised by how calm I was, given that I'm a natural worrier. I guess, subconsciously, I was a lot more worried than I realized though. I had a hard time sleeping last night and then the Crazy came out in full force this morning. I was running around cleaning like a mad woman and making a long and ridiculously detailed list of instructions for Camden because in the back of my mind I was thinking I might be admitted into the hospital this afternoon. I was seriously a sweaty, shaky mess about an hour before I had to leave for my appointment. It was not pretty.

I had never had an ultrasound this late in the game before and was surprised by how little detail you can see. I guess it's kind of like zooming in with a camera lens; everything was extremely close up and it was hard to make out which body part was which. Still, it was neat to see her again.

The first thing the tech noted was how low her head is positioned. I had my suspicions about that since I wake up to pee at least once an hour at night. But seriously-- the ultrasound tech had to pull my underwear all the way down to position her wand low enough to see Macey's head. So, immediately she said, "Well, her head is very low so that in itself could be why you're measuring small."

She also pointed out that Macey has essentially no fat which is also probably contributing to my belly measuring small. She has extremely long legs (something like 95th percentile!) but is incredibly lean. Basically? She's built just like her big brother and her daddy. Her estimated weight right now is 5 lbs, 14 oz (35th percentile), but that can be off by up to half a pound or so.

Finally, the ultrasound tech told me that another contributing factor to my measuring small is probably my amniotic fluid level. It is normal, but on the low side of normal. I guess normal levels can be anywhere from 5-25 (I have no idea what kind of measurements they use here), and mine was an 8. I asked her if that level of fluid would be enough to get Macey through the last few weeks of pregnancy and she said yes. Insert sigh of relief here.

So, in summary, her low head position, her skinny build, and my lowish amniotic fluid all contribute to a smaller belly, but a normal baby.

I am so incredibly relieved and thankful. Here's to baking her for at least a few more weeks!