May 11, 2009
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OB Visit – 35 weeks – Ultrasound pics!!
So today was our doctors visit, one day prior to the start of week 35. Here’s what they told us:
I only gained a pound since I was there two weeks ago. My blood pressure was 112/80, so good. The ultrasound show she’s still really high, her head is at my waist if that gives you an idea. She’s changed position. She was head down on my left side and feet up on my right side; she’s now head down on my right side and feet up on my left. She’s still face down, so that’s good at least. They put her at 6 pounds 4 ounces currently and guestimate, given her growth up to this point (and the “average” growth per week here on out) that she’ll be about 8 and a half pounds at 40 weeks. No way to gauge her length, she’s all curled up in there. Her feet, however are 3″ long!! The length for a full term baby… so who knows how long they will be when she comes out! She’s got a round little belly, so she’s getting plenty of nutrients and some fat little thighs too! I’ve attached some pics and will do my best to describe them for ya since they are sometimes hard to make out.
Her foot. Ready for flip flops! Look at the gap between that big toe and her second toe!!
This is her thigh, you can see the bones, the grayish white around it is fluffyness!
her pretty little profile. She was pouting we think. Haha.
Her nose and lips. She looks gangsta, head covered and all you can see is the bottom part of her face.
These are both of her hands. Imagine them curled, not quite into fists, knuckles together.
This is a picture of her hair, I honestly can’t make it out, so good luck!
Another picture of hair… the lady doing the ultrasound said it was pretty long in places… again, I don’t see it.
Her foot again. Girls got a great foundation already! 3″ long.
Here she is making a fist. That’s her face to the right, she’s turned a bit so it looks funky.
My baby’s fat little face. Look at those cheeks!
This is her ear. Right where it should be.
So, we go to the doctor once a week now. Fun stuff. They gave me a paper to keep a “kick count” for my visits from here on out. Gives them an idea of how active she is each time we go in. So, my fingers are crossed that she’ll drop soon… I get out of breath very easily and feel like she’s clear up in my lungs most of the time. Not to mention, turned all crooked like she is, she’d have more room if she’d just get right. She’s all curled up in there right now.
My sciatic and my hand are still giving me trouble, but that’s nothing new and nothing that’s gonna change until it does. I’ve been having cramps for the last few days, so I asked the doctor about it today. He said that it’s just my uterus cramping a bit. Nothing to be concerned about, par for the course. No complaints really, just starting to get anxious for her to get here. I don’t want to go into labor before the shower (can’t explain that, just how I feel), but anytime after that I’d be happy to go!
Last time I wrote about the pregnancy specifically, 6 weeks seemed like an eternity. Today I am looking at 5 and it doesn’t seem too bad. So, that just goes to show ya how feelings (emotional and physical) change just that quickly. I do know that I’ll be happy not to have to pee every 10 minutes, to be able to sleep on my stomach again, and to be able to poop normally again! TMI I am sure, but oh well, that’s just the way my blog is.
Alright, I am going to relax a bit before time to leave for our last Birth & Beyond class tonight. Tomorrow we have PT for Tancy and then our Breast feeding class at the hospital tomorrow night. I am very much looking forward to the Breast feeding class and hopeful that we’ll get lots of good tips.
Later kids! Love to all!
