He get it from his mama!

HI everyone! I have been enjoying a nice visit with my dad in town. He worked so hard these last couple days on our patio and it is just about finished! I can't wait to take pictures to show you all. Those will come next week sometime.

For now I wanted to give you all a baby update since I haven't done so in the past 2 weeks. Last week I had my check-up and everything was fine, another pound gained and the baby's heartbeat was in the 140's. My belly however, measured small for the first time this entire pregnancy. I was 34 weeks and was measuring at 32 weeks (32 cm). The midwife I met with asked me if I had been measuring small, to which I replied no, and then she asked if the baby had dropped. I didn't think he had, but Tim had mentioned that he thought my belly looked lower, so I told her this. She felt for his head, and sure enough it was down super low. I tried not to look too much into it, so I figured I would wait until my appt this week (I'm now to my weekly check-ups!) to express any concern about measuring small.

So I went in yesterday and met with Dr. Andy. I had a Group B Strep test done (not fun - for those of you who don't know what that is like!), had my blood drawn to test for anemia, they took the baby's heart rate - 150's- and measured my belly. I was still measuring small and I told the Dr that it concerned me a bit since I had been measuring right on track the entire time except for these last two weeks. I also had lost two pounds since last week, so that concerned me as well. He decided we should get me in for an ultrasound just to make sure the baby was still growing ok and that there was plenty of fluid in there for him. Luckily, they were able to schedule the ultrasound for today.

My dad went with me and we went in for the ultrasound this morning. Grandpa to was pretty excited to get to see his grandson! Ultrasounds are such a neat thing, and I feel lucky that both my mom, dad and husband have all gotten to be there for one of them! Well, the first thing the tech measured was baby's head, and it was measuring at 38 weeks (I'm 35 weeks 5 days along!) so apparently he has a big head like I did (and do). It looks as though I will get to endure what my mom went through! His heartbeat was 137, the amniotic fluid levels were right in the middle of the normal range, and after taking all his measurements (and confirming that he is, in fact, still a boy!) the tech informed us that he is measuring at 36 weeks 1 day! Hooray! The baby looks great and he is measuring just a few days ahead. That was really wonderful news to hear and completely obliterated my worries. They also estimated his current weight at 6lbs 7 oz! They say they estimates are pretty inaccurate, but if it is accurate he is on track to be a hefty baby. He's supposed to be gaining half a pound a week from now until he is born - EEEK! I can't say I will be surprised if he is a little chunky monkey because Tim weighed almost 10lbs. and I weighed just over 8lbs. Small babies DO NOT run in our families!

I will scan the picture from the ultrasound soon and will post it on here. I just wanted to update everyone! Hope you are all enjoying your summer! Take care and I will check in again soon.

~Stephanie