32 weeks, 3 days. In month 8. Yikes!
53 days to go. Double Yikes!!! Here are some cool pictures of what the baby looks like (from the internet, not of actual Baby G...so don't get excited about the body parts in the top pic!):
DEVELOPMENTS
- Should weight nearly 4 pounds and measure crown-to-rump
anywhere between 11-18’’ long
- Sleeps 90-95% of the day and there’s
actual proof of fetuses dreaming.
Wonder what they have to dream about?! I’m intrigued!
- Now has fingernails, toenails and hair
- Still developing more fat, filling in
all that wrinkly skin AKA gettin’ cute!
- Gaining ½ pound/week from now until
birth (about half to one third of its full term body weight)
- Beginning to store vital minerals,
such as iron and calcium
- Bones are fully formed, but still soft
- According to one website, “your baby’s
kicks and jabs are forceful.”
CHECK. You are correct!
I had a doc appointment today and for the 4-5th time in a row, I’ve “measured small” (in regards to Fundal Height AKA the size of my belly). Sounds like that would be a good thing, but it very well may not be. At this point in time, there is no need to throw the red flag and sound the alarms. We have moved my final ultrasound appointment up two weeks (to occur Oct 1) to check in on Baby G.
You
see, there is a normal range of Fundal Height with a plus or minus scale around
that range. I have consistently fallen
at the very bottom of the minus part of that scale (so, not enough to sound the
alarms, but just enough to need to check in on things earlier than
expected). In this upcoming ultrasound,
the Doc is going to check the fluid levels and the size of the baby. More often than not, the result is that all
is good….the small fundal height is chalked up to body shape, position of the
baby, conditioning of abdominal wall, etc.
But, sometimes it’s because the baby is not big enough due to a lower than
normal level of amniotic fluid (this is the potentially not good part!).
Depending
on a lot of different variables, what is likely to happen will be an early
induction! (Meaning, I’d have the baby early.
Triple Yikes!!!) They do this
because if there isn’t a proper amount of fluid, then the baby can’t get the nutrients
it needs, and therefore the healthier alternative is for it to get out of the
womb earlier than planned. Let’s REALLY
hope that is NOT the case!!!
The
only thing keeping me sane is to remind myself that all other signs are a-ok
(heart rate, my BP, my weight gain, fetal movements, etc.).
I will update y’all just as soon as I’m back from my next appt Oct 1.
HOW AM I FEELING?
You
mean…despite the emotions surrounding all the jazz I just recapped you on?...
I
may not be ready for the baby to arrive yet (I’m freaked that I only have a few
weeks left) but I sure as hell am ready to not be pregnant anymore. This shit is for the birds!
The
middle back and back of the rib cage pain I’ve complained about for the
past…forever…is progressively worse. It sucks. The way I’m carrying combo’d
with my posture is saving my lower back from the ever so typical pregger woes,
but wreaking havoc on my middle back! The stretches and exercises I could do to alleviate the pain, I can't because of the big belly and uterus in my ribs thing. It’s
terrible. There is no other way to put it.
Positive
= I still have lots of energy, but it is just wasted because all I can do after
a few short hours of activity is lay on the sofa with a heating pad on my back
instead of being productive. At work, I
have been making myself at home in the offices of one of our advisors when he’s
out and about (thank you for the big comfy sofa!).
HIGHLIGHT OF
THE WEEK?
LSU’s
performance against Washington. Hell
yeah the boys are looking good!
Also,
lots and lots of progress being made on Operation Deco. Not finished yet and still behind deadline,
but things are moving. I know I keep
promising pictures, but things are coming together piece by piece with not one
thing being fully complete yet (that’s what you get when you take on 7 rooms at
a time!)
LOOKING
FORWARD TO?
Visiting
my PawPaw this Friday! I’m taking a vacation day from work to go spend the day
with him and help him out with a few things.
Although I’m NOT looking forward to the 1.5 hour car ride (my max is
about 15 min before my back hurts like hell), but am surely looking forward to
seeing him….and hearing more of him talk about how he doesn’t care about the
that “honey bear” anymore because Blue is the man! (That’s what he calls Mathieu by the way -
instead of honey badger. lol. He cracks me up!)
Until
next time…
Geaux
Tigers!
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