29 weeks
I think it's about time for an update. Since I had a doc appt yesterday and an u/s last Thurs, I've got all kinds of stats I can share.
I'll be 29 weeks on Saturday. Only 11 more weeks to go (if I make it to 40)!! For those of you who don't get the weeks thing I'm 6 1/2 months if you go by the reg calendar, or 7 months 1 week if you go by the lunar calendar (which is what the pregnancy world does, but then you're pregnant for 10 months, and that just feels too damn long! ;))
Currently my belly is measuring between 32-33 weeks, and Nathan is measuring at 30.5 weeks. He's a big boy, 3lbs already which puts him in the 80th percentile. And we haven't even gotten to the crazy weight gaining part yet. The u/s tech thinks his percentile will be even higher at my next u/s on Jan 3. Yikes! There's no medical concern or anything with his size, just concern that I may not be able to deliver vaginally. I really don't want a c-section, so I'm just praying that's not the case.
As for me, I'm feeling ok. I have a bit too much amniotic fluid, and in combination with his size, my belly has grown alot very quickly. It's uncomfortable, and I have this one muscle that hurts pretty bad by the end of the day. I've been having alot of braxton hicks contractions this week as well. Doc says it's likely b/c of my uterus stretching so much, it's a bit aggravated. I don't blame it. But apart from how uncomfortable I feel, I'm feeling pretty good.
In some ways I've had a hard and complicated pregnancy. 6 weeks of bedrest just to name the biggest. In other ways, I feel like this has been an easy pregnancy and I feel quite blessed. Although I was nauseous the whole first trimester, eating usually made it subside, and I never wound up throwing up. I don't have crazy heartburn too much (a few times, and tums took care of it). I passed my GD test just fine (which I was worried about). I can't say I love being pregnant as much as I thought I would, but I feel quite blessed everyday to not only be able to be here, but that it's not as hard as some other's I've known.
At this point, I expect to go early. I'm thinking end of Jan rather than end of Feb. Of course, I could be wrong, but everything seems to be pointing that way so far (and several tests and symptoms have indicated as such). This thought makes me happy that Nathan's so big as a month early is still a bit early for a newborn, but with his advanced size, I think he'd do better then the average 36 weeker. Also, if I do go early, I'm hoping that will help with the whole might need a c-section thing. If he's not full term then he wont be full size, and maybe I'll be able to deliver him naturally better than I would with him a month bigger. Maybe.
I'll be 29 weeks on Saturday. Only 11 more weeks to go (if I make it to 40)!! For those of you who don't get the weeks thing I'm 6 1/2 months if you go by the reg calendar, or 7 months 1 week if you go by the lunar calendar (which is what the pregnancy world does, but then you're pregnant for 10 months, and that just feels too damn long! ;))
Currently my belly is measuring between 32-33 weeks, and Nathan is measuring at 30.5 weeks. He's a big boy, 3lbs already which puts him in the 80th percentile. And we haven't even gotten to the crazy weight gaining part yet. The u/s tech thinks his percentile will be even higher at my next u/s on Jan 3. Yikes! There's no medical concern or anything with his size, just concern that I may not be able to deliver vaginally. I really don't want a c-section, so I'm just praying that's not the case.
As for me, I'm feeling ok. I have a bit too much amniotic fluid, and in combination with his size, my belly has grown alot very quickly. It's uncomfortable, and I have this one muscle that hurts pretty bad by the end of the day. I've been having alot of braxton hicks contractions this week as well. Doc says it's likely b/c of my uterus stretching so much, it's a bit aggravated. I don't blame it. But apart from how uncomfortable I feel, I'm feeling pretty good.
In some ways I've had a hard and complicated pregnancy. 6 weeks of bedrest just to name the biggest. In other ways, I feel like this has been an easy pregnancy and I feel quite blessed. Although I was nauseous the whole first trimester, eating usually made it subside, and I never wound up throwing up. I don't have crazy heartburn too much (a few times, and tums took care of it). I passed my GD test just fine (which I was worried about). I can't say I love being pregnant as much as I thought I would, but I feel quite blessed everyday to not only be able to be here, but that it's not as hard as some other's I've known.
At this point, I expect to go early. I'm thinking end of Jan rather than end of Feb. Of course, I could be wrong, but everything seems to be pointing that way so far (and several tests and symptoms have indicated as such). This thought makes me happy that Nathan's so big as a month early is still a bit early for a newborn, but with his advanced size, I think he'd do better then the average 36 weeker. Also, if I do go early, I'm hoping that will help with the whole might need a c-section thing. If he's not full term then he wont be full size, and maybe I'll be able to deliver him naturally better than I would with him a month bigger. Maybe.