The only reason you will have a third trimester ultrasound is if your doctor needs to get an ‘inside’ view of an ‘outside’ signal.  Some signals might be the amount of amniotic fluid, the position of the baby, low foetal movements, bleeding or lower back pain.  For me it was fundal size (the size [...]

In the last 1000 years in Norway, it was common for Norsemen to have hordes of kids.  This was largely due to the survival rate but also the more kids, the more farmhands you had working.   These days it is most common for Norwegian families to only have two kids.  Because of this, Norwegian [...]