1 week until full term
No more than 4 weeks until he's here.
Is that insane or what?! What makes it even more insane is the fact that even though I could potentially have this kid in the next few weeks, I haven't even packed a bag yet! Some of that is because I don't yet have my pj's that my mom always buys me before each hospital visit, but most of it is pure laziness. It's not even that big of a job, since you need very little for yourself and baby (contrary to those insane overnight bag lists you find on baby sites). We ARE buying the car seat this weekend, so if I have the bags packed by then I'll be satisfied. What's funny - but also sort of alarming - is that I'm not quite sure which hospital my doctor even delivers at! We could choose between two with C, but this time around my doc only delivers at 1. Which of course is the one we DIDN'T choose, so I can't remember it's name. DH keeps joking that I better call and figure that out, that way we aren't driving aimlessly around stopping at different hospitals when it comes time to have this little dude.
Weight gain - No idea. I've given up on trying to figure out what my weight is at home. I feel so good about only gaining 2lbs in the last 4 weeks, though. That seriously has never happened in my final month of pregnancy before. I would say this would worry me about size of baby, but since he was measuring at 6lbs last week, I'd say he's getting all he needs in there. :) It is strange how different I am carrying this time. With C I was huge at this point, with people telling me left and right I'd never make it 4 more weeks. This time I seem to be carrying a bit smaller. I mean, I still get the whole "you're about to pop!" comments from strangers, but I also get a lot of "you're so tiny" and " you're not very big for 9mo". You'd think a pregnant lad would enjoy those comments, but all it does is make you worry. Ahh, tis' the life of a mommy to be. ;) I'm continuing to measure my fundal height at home and I'm getting right at 36cm. So while it might not match up exactly with the doctor, at least I know that baby belly is indeed growing.
Movement - I can tell he's starting to run out of room in there. He can still get those little feet a kickin' but for the most part it's just him dragging his booty from one side of my belly to the other. His movements can hurt/feel uncomfortable form time to time, but I'm really enjoying the last few weeks of feeling my boy move. Em loves feeling him move and just smiles from ear to ear when she feels like. C doesn't ever seem to notice, even when he's using my belly as a pillow or is draping himself across me when he's tired. I wonder if he ever thinks "what in the world?". LOL.
Irrational Fear this week - this week I have been more like my normal worry wart self. As my doctor was leaving out the door after our appointment last week, he turned around last minute and said "here, you can have this copy of you want" and handed me a 3 page report of my ultrasound I had just had. Oh boy, my fingers were itching to start googling almost immediately! I didn't have time to sit down and really research what all the numbers and words meant until this weekend, but finally on Saturday I was able to do so. Everything, for the most part, looks great. He's was measuring 6lbs exactly, was in the 54th% for his gestational age, and was only measuring 3 days behind, which is no biggie since he's done that since the beginning. However, there were two things that stood out to me. First was the placenta grade. It's at a stage 2, which is VERY common for this late in the pregnancy. But it does mean it's starting to get old and wore out. Definitely not severe enough to be labeled a stage 3 or anything, but it does make me aware that this pregnancy is indeed coming to a close. The next thing was how he was measuring on specific body parts. Since measuring a baby, especially one as wiggly and big as a 35 weeker can be hard. So, the tech takes a lot of measurements and then just averages them out. His belly was was measuring between 33w1d-39w2d, so his average is 36w2d (a bit bigger sicne I was 35w3d at my last appointment). Fetal length was measuring altogether at 36w2d as well. So his chubby belly and leg length are definitely proportionate. :) However, his head was measuring between 30w3d-36w3d. Averaging that out is 33w2d, which makes his head two weeks behind everything else. Obviously if her largest measurement of 36w3d is the correct one, then he would be measuring about a week ahead altogether. There was also a graph on the 3rd page showing how each body part has grown since my 19w ultrasound, and his head has followed his growth curve almost perfectly, so his head is growing at a nice normal pace. But I will admit I had an "omg, what if his brain isn't growing properly?! Or if his just quit growing for some reason?!" thoughts a few times over the last few days. That's obviously not the case and I'm over it now, but that has been my irrational fear this week. :)
_I give mad props to whoever ended up reading that last paragraph in it's entirety. The jumble of numbers makes my brain hurt and I'm the one who wrote it! _
Signs of Labor - None. I have the random BH contractions and pressure, but nothing that makes me pause and think "maybe......??"
Things I'm looking forward to - nothing really going on this week. A play date on Thursday and then a swimming party this weekend.
Non-baby related happenings include this insane virus that has literally swept through my entire family, including my parents and brother! Luckily it only lasts about 24hrs or so, but it's rough. My kids also ended up pouring some gasoline all over our front porch, so smokers should stay away! Gah.
36 week belly
Just for comparison, my 33 on the left and 36 on the right.
I really can't tell if there is a difference or not. Maybe a bit fuller at 36 weeks? Somehow I have a 6lber hiding in there somewhere. ;)
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