It's been a fun couple of weeks with getting things ready for Charles to head to Florida for a week the end of September to {hopefully} find us a house and my mom just left after a weekend here for a nice visit. :-)
She came to go to the Dr appointment with us we had this afternoon... Dr was to do a growth/weight check and boy did we get a shocker!
It was my 32 week (err, 32 week 5/7 day) appointment. My Blood Pressure is fantastic. I've remained the same weight for three weeks now with my total weight gain at 14 pounds. Baby's head down still which is great! And then Dr did the measurements and weight check...
Baby's head is measuring 37w4d
Baby's heart measuring 36w 1d
Baby's tummy measuring 34w 5d
Baby's femur bone measuring 36w 1d
Weight guess..... 5 pounds 15 ounces!
Dr guesses baby will weigh in at 9-10 pounds at birth if I went to 40 weeks. He mentioned with such a big baby, it does increase my chance for csection. I'm holding onto hope that baby is measuring like this but will really come out like one of my younger brothers who weighed a lot via scale but was really long so my mom was able to deliver vaginally. Oh i really do not want a csection unless absolutely 100% necessary! Major surgery. Not volunteering for that one!
So needless to say, 36 weeks DH and I will begin "evict baby" process... Sex. Spicy foods. Evening Primrose Oil. Eggplant Parmesan. Walking non stop. WHATEVER I can come across via google (minus Castor oil!) as realistic suggestions!!!!
I'm a bit freaked out to be honest......... I expected a big baby but was more thinking 8 pounds as the biggest! And to think we were originally concerned about IUGR due to MTHFR. That's almost funny now. I am thankful that it's a bigger baby than a smaller one. I'm thankful baby is looking healthy. I'm thankful we, obviously, are not concerned with IUGR anymore...
Dr is sending me to the hospital to have another growth scan at 36 weeks to guesstimate baby's weight then too.
She came to go to the Dr appointment with us we had this afternoon... Dr was to do a growth/weight check and boy did we get a shocker!
It was my 32 week (err, 32 week 5/7 day) appointment. My Blood Pressure is fantastic. I've remained the same weight for three weeks now with my total weight gain at 14 pounds. Baby's head down still which is great! And then Dr did the measurements and weight check...
Baby's head is measuring 37w4d
Baby's heart measuring 36w 1d
Baby's tummy measuring 34w 5d
Baby's femur bone measuring 36w 1d
Weight guess..... 5 pounds 15 ounces!
Dr guesses baby will weigh in at 9-10 pounds at birth if I went to 40 weeks. He mentioned with such a big baby, it does increase my chance for csection. I'm holding onto hope that baby is measuring like this but will really come out like one of my younger brothers who weighed a lot via scale but was really long so my mom was able to deliver vaginally. Oh i really do not want a csection unless absolutely 100% necessary! Major surgery. Not volunteering for that one!
So needless to say, 36 weeks DH and I will begin "evict baby" process... Sex. Spicy foods. Evening Primrose Oil. Eggplant Parmesan. Walking non stop. WHATEVER I can come across via google (minus Castor oil!) as realistic suggestions!!!!
I'm a bit freaked out to be honest......... I expected a big baby but was more thinking 8 pounds as the biggest! And to think we were originally concerned about IUGR due to MTHFR. That's almost funny now. I am thankful that it's a bigger baby than a smaller one. I'm thankful baby is looking healthy. I'm thankful we, obviously, are not concerned with IUGR anymore...
Dr is sending me to the hospital to have another growth scan at 36 weeks to guesstimate baby's weight then too.
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Hoping the baby comes on his/her own and you can deliver how you'd like :)