A few weeks ago, we had another ultrasound to make sure she was growing okay, and everything looked great! Big head, skinny abdomen, and long legs... :) She was measuring at the 50th percentile actually, and he thoroughly checked everything and she looks really healthy. He checked and saw girly parts again for, what, like the 5th time? We got another picture of her, but it does not really do her justice; he pushed print at an awkward moment, and then he got a better look, but didn't print that one. Oh well, we will see her soon enough!
The week after that I had another appointment and was still measuring small (35 cm at 38 weeks), but he's not really concerned anymore since we got a good look at her. My cervix has started to thin which is awesome, because I know some people who hadn't even started that by their due date, and I don't want to wait too long for her, or have to induce! However, there was an interesting moment during this appointment...
When Dr. Walker got into the room and we were talking, he asked, "It's a boy, right?" before looking at the file where he had written girl. We corrected him, but he didn't seem fully convinced. He paused a moment, and asked, "But we thought maybe we saw boy parts on the ultrasound, right?" ...nope...
He still seemed set on it being a boy. Then he listened to the heartbeat and says, "Sounds like a boy."
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It's too late for this!! We have all girly stuff and just washed all her laundry! Someone we know just had a boy they thought would be a girl--and they also had 5 ultrasounds! I guess we will just have to see...! Dr. Walker said he is rarely ever wrong, so he trusts himself based on what he said on the ultrasounds, but he has still made us wary now. We'll see. We may frantically ask everyone to send boy stuff our way if it turns out to be so. :)
She has definitely been dropping into position. She had started before, and was pretty low last week (as Dr. Walker let us know), but now I can tell for sure on my own so she must be even further dropped. Part of me is worried that she'll actually come early because I keep getting labor signals and she seems antsy to come, but I've planned a lot around her coming on time/a few days late. I actually got a part in my first commercial! It's nothing big; just a commercial for the college I'm going to, and I don't get paid because it's technically a PSA, but it will be good for the resume'! Anyway, that films on the 16th, and then on the 18th I have a 3-camera film project in a studio for my acting for the camera class AND I'm doing a scene that I have to be pregnant for, so I'm pretty much planning on her coming that evening at the earliest! :)
Appointment today:
Well, today I had actually lost some weight, and I measured smaller than last week. I've heard it's common for women to lose weight before birth, but Dr. Walker didn't seem to like it. So he looked at her via ultrasound again, and didn't seem as positive this time. It seems that her abdomen is not growing (and possibly a bit smaller than before), but everything else is. So next week (before the due date) he's going to hook me up to some monitors to check on everything. In the meantime, we went to the grocery store and got all sorts of foods that are supposed to help fatten baby. She's still moving around though which is very good! But we could use some prayers for her to make sure she stays healthy! We will let you all know if anything else comes up. Otherwise, we'll just keep trying to fatten her up and keep an eye on her movement. :)
