38 weeks!

July is finally here and we have exactly 2 weeks until BabyW is officially due! Here's a 38 week photo... since I've been taking pictures every 2 weeks... maybe this will be the last prego one!!! Wouldn't that be nice! I sure hope I don't have a 41 week photo! :)

A Great Visit

Amniotic Fluid: NORMAL!!

Baby's Sex: BOY (just checked again to be sure!)
Baby's Size: 5lbs 4oz - 75th percentile
Head Size: Average!! (can you believe it?!)
Head Position: Down & prepped for delivery!

Cheeks: Cute & chubby! :)

Hair: He has some!
Heartbeat: Strong
Baby's Organs & Internal: Looking Good!
Estimated Due Date: still July 15th
Mommy's Weight Gain: 2 lbs (Perfection as the Dr. put it!) :)

Everything looked great/normal, and I go back a week from Monday, and then start going every week! He actually dropped from the 85th to the 75th percentile size-wise, which she said is perfectly normal and actually GREAT news for me as I get closer to having to get him outta me! We got to see some great shots of him... he even let us see his face this time, which looks plump and adorable. He looks like he's got full lips like both of us do and a fat little nose and chubby cheeks like me. It was definitely a fun doctor's appointment!

Tons of Photos

Here are some pictures from May: The great Baby Shower that Amy, Jeanie & Justine threw me, Mother's Day at my parents' house & one of Shelby "graduating" from her Obedience Class.

Good news, but not without a little drama first...

I already knew that BabyW was a big boy. I even had a doctor friend I hadn't seen in a while ask me last weekend if I had been told my baby was big, because I looked further along than I was. She also mentioned it may be likely that I would have gestational diabetes (GD) if he is as big as they say. Several others mentioned GD as a likely possibility too. So when I went to the doctor yesterday and had another ultrasound (since I'm new to this practice), the u/s tech also thought I'd end up testing postitive for GD because BabyW's head and abdomen are definitely big.

I was to have the GD screening test right after the ultrasound. Either way, I knew it would be fine... by this point, I definitely just expected to test positive. So I went and drank my glucose-juice and headed back to the waiting room for the 1 hour wait until they'd test my blood. Meanwhile my doctor met with me, and she too thought it was almost inevitable I'd have GD. Not only is BabyW big, but I also had a bit of excess amniotic fluid, which is typical with GD.

So the hour passed, they drew my blood.... and what do you know, I DON'T have GD! Crazy. I was shocked, as was my doctor! Soo... apparently BabyW just has his daddy's big head (and my chubby cheeks) and is just likely to be a big boy. I was still a little worried about the now unexplained excess fluid, (polyhydramnios) but I called today and got reassurance that it's only a mild case and that they will just keep monitoring us by ultrasound for the remainder of the pregnancy, but I shouldn't be too concerned at this point. I go back every two weeks now. Please pray that they are right, and that BabyW. will make it to full-term without any complications. Just 10 1/2 weeks to go!

He currently weighs about 3 lbs 8 oz. and is looking good. Here are a couple of pictures: the first one of his face... Mike says he has my cheeks :) and the second is a profile shot. Now I just get to start stressing about how I'm going to get this big boy out!!

26 Weeks

Fetal development in pregnancy week 26: This is your last week of the 2nd Trimester! Your little one is weighing in at almost 2 pounds and measures about 14 inches long. At long last, your little swimmer can see the womb! Your miracle’s little eyelids have finally separated (they were fused closed previously) and they’re probably having their first moments of sight as you read this (or maybe it already happened while you were brushing your teeth or watching Oprah or something). In addition to seeing their little studio in your belly, they’ve recently acquired the ability to say “yes” and “no” in rudimentary sign language as they can now move their head back and forth. This is also the time where your little super star’s head hair is starting to grow! A cute little cowlick or two may be springing into position right now, getting ready for years of cute-but-stubborn bed-head. Also, their toenails have grown in and you little raisin continues to slowly pile up fat beneath their still-loose skin. Most importantly, brain tissue and neurons are all developing at a rapid pace, increasing their (genius-level?) brain activity and will continue to function at accelerated levels for the first seven to eight years of childhood!

23 weeks 2 days

1 & 2. Shelby likes to lay on my belly...hopefully she'll still be this sweet with Baby W. when he arrives!

3. A sassy shot :)

4. We didn't know that Shelby was posing for this family picture too, but apparently she didn't want to be left out!