Ok, thank you all for your words of comfort regarding my big-headed baby.  The U/S doc actually did a pretty good job of explaining how DE complicates things, and how even with a ‘normal’ 2-parent child, when dad is big and mom is little, mom’s influence tends to win out until baby’s born, at which point he’ll “catch up” and get big.  With three of us in the mix, my little-self might be keeping him small enough to deliver safely, while his big head might indicate he’s just gonna be a big kid once he’s out of the womb.  Ms. DonorFantastica was taller than me, but not a tall woman, so who can say?  Still, chances are, he’ll be taller than I am.

Which is great because I need another people in this house towering over me.

But enough of you provided me with similar stories of U/S measuring inaccuracies that I’m putting the nerves on hold for a while.  Short kid with big brain isn’t a terrible fate – better than tall kid tiny brain, so if I have to imagine worst case scenarios, this one aint even close.  And it helps that we had the CVS done, to definitively rule out the chromosomal disorders that short femurs can indicate.

And I did get to see a blurry face shot, thanks to the tricksy U/S work of the doctor – if I can get it to scan correctly, I’ll post it (along with helpful arrows pointing to eyes and nose and mouth.  He has chubby cheeks, though.  My baby has chubby cheeks.  How cool is that?