I had my second "every 2 weeks" appointment today with my baby Dr. I'm 32 weeks and a couple days so we did the last ultrasound before the baby gets here to judge how big she is and is likely to be. Grace currently weighs 4 lbs.12 oz.! That puts her in the 42nd percentile for other babies her "age". So, according to her dr. if she's born on her due date, Jan. 15th, she should be upper 6 lb. to mid 7 lb. range. Her head is measuring a little small but I'm ok with that! Lily had a really little head too and it obviously hasn't effected her intelligence AT ALL so Mommy says, "Bring on the small headed babies!!" I wish that my scanner was working so I could an ultrasound picture but alas...it's not.
Me, 32wks, it's hard to take a picture of yourself!
I do have one prayer request. I'm currently at a little over 32 weeks now and (it's not really anything to be worried about BUT...) Grace is technically in the breech position. She's laying side to side head to the right and up a bit and bottom to the left and down a bit--kind of kitty corner--with her body in a kind of V shape (legs extended and feet up above her head). My dr. says in about 15% of the 32 week ultrasounds that the baby is still not head down and it's nothing to really be worried about at this point; just something to keep an eye on. So, please pray that everything will continue to go smoothly and she will move to her right position when the time is right.
I'm right on target with my weight gain so far! My dr. actually complimented me on how well I've done at keeping it in control. 17 lbs. so far from the beginning of my pregnancy to now. I should gain about 1 lb. per week from here on out (with about 1/2 of that being solely baby). Considering that I had gained almost 40 lbs. by this time with Lily, and nearly 75 by the time I delivered, I'm feeling VERY good about my current 17 lb. gain :).
Lily of course had to be "measured" too. So when Mommy got off the scale she jumped on and we've finally hit the 30 lbs. mark!!! Most of the kiddos her age have long gone hit that mark but we've been trying for almost a year to gain that last 5 lbs. onto our little Jumping Bean and she's finally there!
Lily with her "Uno" train
I'm really getting so excited to meet Grace! The dr. couldn't get a good picture of her face because of arms and legs being in the way but we got a couple of flashes and it looks to me like she's gonna be so pretty! I think she has my chubby cheeks and really round face and Jeremy's really large eyes!
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