Can you believe it? It's already almost the middle of June, and we are getting closer and closer to meeting the baby! I had my almost 33 week appointment yesterday afternoon. The doctor says everything is going fine and is happy with my current weight gain (26 lbs). I also learned in the past two weeks that I passed my second screen for gestational diabetes, which was great news!
Chris asked the doctor if we could have an ultrasound, and he said SURE! He said there are no concerns for the baby, but if we wanted another picture, we could have it.
While in the ultrasound room, we learned that the baby is in breech position (butt first), but he/she still has a couple of weeks to move into head first position (and there is plenty of amniotic fluid for baby to move). Also, and this was very surprising, the baby's head is measuring 17-19 days bigger than the rest of the body! When they do these measurements, estimated due dates pop up on the screen. I noticed that both head measurements gave dates of July 11 and July 13! There are a couple of possible reasons for this: 1. Baby just has a huge head (we like to say with lots of brains!) 2. Since baby is in breech position, the head is not squished in the pelvic area, which could account for the large diameter. The baby's femur and other body parts are measuring on target with original due date (July 30), so I guess we will just have to wait and see. But, this could mean that baby comes early, which I wasn't counting on, so time to get a little more serious! We also learned and saw that the baby has a lot of hair on his/her head. Odd, we didn't know you could see that in an ultrasound, but the sonographer pointed it out (moving in the fluid). She also checked on the gall stone again and the gall bladder has definitely gotten a lot bigger in the last 10 weeks and there was no gall stone! According to all of the measurements taken, the baby weighs 4 lbs, 6 oz, but our childbirth instructor always tells us those measurements can be two pounds off. Still, we could end up with a big baby with a large head!
We are still waiting on the furniture to be delivered. It should be here within the next couple-few weeks. Slowly, the baby's room is getting to be more organized, but it is kind of difficult without furniture. My hospital bag is packed (childbirth instructor had us do this last week!) I am grateful for the classes we have been taking. We have learned a lot about labor and the whole birthing process. Tonight, we are attending a class "Night Out with the Anesthiologist" to learn more about pain options. You might be wondering this...I hope to forego the epidural and do this au natural (or maybe with a little bit of a narcotic called Stadol), but I am hoping to shoo away the anesthiologist with his/her epidural needle. But, I say this now, who knows how I will feel with a big headed baby on his/her way out. We shall see.
Other than that, everything is going well for us. Just counting the days...
Chris asked the doctor if we could have an ultrasound, and he said SURE! He said there are no concerns for the baby, but if we wanted another picture, we could have it.
While in the ultrasound room, we learned that the baby is in breech position (butt first), but he/she still has a couple of weeks to move into head first position (and there is plenty of amniotic fluid for baby to move). Also, and this was very surprising, the baby's head is measuring 17-19 days bigger than the rest of the body! When they do these measurements, estimated due dates pop up on the screen. I noticed that both head measurements gave dates of July 11 and July 13! There are a couple of possible reasons for this: 1. Baby just has a huge head (we like to say with lots of brains!) 2. Since baby is in breech position, the head is not squished in the pelvic area, which could account for the large diameter. The baby's femur and other body parts are measuring on target with original due date (July 30), so I guess we will just have to wait and see. But, this could mean that baby comes early, which I wasn't counting on, so time to get a little more serious! We also learned and saw that the baby has a lot of hair on his/her head. Odd, we didn't know you could see that in an ultrasound, but the sonographer pointed it out (moving in the fluid). She also checked on the gall stone again and the gall bladder has definitely gotten a lot bigger in the last 10 weeks and there was no gall stone! According to all of the measurements taken, the baby weighs 4 lbs, 6 oz, but our childbirth instructor always tells us those measurements can be two pounds off. Still, we could end up with a big baby with a large head!
We are still waiting on the furniture to be delivered. It should be here within the next couple-few weeks. Slowly, the baby's room is getting to be more organized, but it is kind of difficult without furniture. My hospital bag is packed (childbirth instructor had us do this last week!) I am grateful for the classes we have been taking. We have learned a lot about labor and the whole birthing process. Tonight, we are attending a class "Night Out with the Anesthiologist" to learn more about pain options. You might be wondering this...I hope to forego the epidural and do this au natural (or maybe with a little bit of a narcotic called Stadol), but I am hoping to shoo away the anesthiologist with his/her epidural needle. But, I say this now, who knows how I will feel with a big headed baby on his/her way out. We shall see.
Other than that, everything is going well for us. Just counting the days...
Baby Foot
Baby Muscle
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