Thursday, February 2, 2012

Baby boy moonwalking to Michael Jackson on Glee

While watching Glee, baby boy began dancing every time a song came on, then stopped when the music stopped. I guess he loves MJ!

3rd Trimester Ultrasound

We had our ultrasound yesterday at 29 weeks 5 days. After being told I was measuring big at my regular visit last week, we both were anticipating baby to measure big at the ultrasound.
We found out that baby boy is still looking perfectly healthy, and DEFINITELY still a boy. Wow has he grown since we've seen him last! He looks so crammed in there! But he is head down which is great.
It turns out that his estimated weight right now is 4lb, 6oz.... OMG! The doctor put all of his findings into some program, and said the estimated weight at 40 weeks is between 9.5-10lb... double OMG! Apparently he isn't fat, just all around big. His legs and arms are long and match his increased weight. He asked if myself or any of my siblings were large at birth, and although I was an average 7lb, my brother was almost 10. Doctor said that makes sense then. We will have another ultrasound in 6 weeks to get a better idea of what kind of delivery makes sense for his size. We may be looking at C-section or induction around 37 weeks, all depending on how he looks at 36 weeks. I'm really eager to discuss all this with my regular doctor at our next appointment in a couple weeks.

I've also gained a total of 31 lb so far, which is a little more than what I was supposed to gain the whole pregnancy. As the tech did my weight, she started on the 100 bracket, and I told her I was already up a notch. So she slid it over to the 150 range, plus 2lb. She said she was
surprised, which I took as a compliment. The doctor said I need to start watching my weight, because as I gain more, it could make baby gain more... and he's already destined to be large.

We loved seeing baby boy's face again. His pudgy little face looked just like a newborn. And he definitely still has Theo's nose. He was being very stubborn, putting his hands AND feet in front of his face. It was pretty funny actually. We got some great pictures of him smiling, swallowing, yawning and pouting. I think Theo and I both got this sudden feeling that he will be here very soon. It really won't be long until we see that cute little face.