Friday, June 25, 2010

34.5 weeks! (or is it 35.5??)

Life has been very busy and full these days! It sure helps time go by faster and helps me get more tired which, in theory, helps me sleep better. ;)
Like I've mentioned before, I haven't gained much weight and at my last midwife appointment my fundal measurement was a bit small. So my mid-wife wanted me to do another sonogram just to check on the growth of the baby. Well, we certainly didn't need to worry about Baby M! He/she is measuring about a week ahead! I'm technically 34 weeks and 3 days today and the baby averaged out to about 35 weeks and 5 days! The legs alone were measured closer to 36.5 weeks! So I am guessing he/she will have long legs? They calculated the baby's weight to be around 5 lbs. 13 oz. with an error of +-1 lb. Not sure how they figure the weight but measuring the bone length and head circumference seems to make more sense. I would be thrilled for a July baby either way, but I'm going to try to not get my hopes up. :) I would like to think that after going 10 days over with Libby I'm due for an early arrival. ;)
Here's a couple of belly shots for ya. I always forget to get Tim to take a nice one when I'm dressed in "real" clothes and not just shorts and a t-shirt, so oh well. This will just have to do.

Side shot, with a nice popping belly button

Dare I post a bare belly shot? Apparently I dare. ;)


After the appointment I "celebrated" by hitting up some great sales at the mall. I haven't really bought anything for this baby so I splurged and bought a couple of boy things and a couple of girl things. And once again I was reminded of how much cuter baby girl clothes are.
Exhibit A:

If you can't tell this is a little one-piece outfit with a pink animal print. Sooo cute!!

Exhibit B:
Aaahhg! Aren't they adorable?!

And now for the little boy outfit:

Yes, its cute, but not nearly as precious as the little girl outfit. But I will be happy either way and I know that little boys are precious and wonderful. :) And I'll just add a few more bows to Libby's collection if this is a little brother. ;) We will be very thrilled with whatever Baby M *is* and I feel a lot better about it being a girl now that we have a girl name that we love. I was getting a little worried until my bro Nathan made a great suggestion. So now we have two boy names picked out and one girl name. It's going to be so exciting when we find out!! I was super tempted to take a little peek today but I stood firm. :) I guess if we've waited this long we can wait a few more weeks.

Well, that's all I've got for now. Until next time!!
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Love the pics! Your bare belly looks so cute! :) I can't wait to meet the next Merkin!!!

Megs said...

You look adorable. I was measuring two-three weeks behind with Gabby and at 34 weeks they said she measured 5 lbs as well. At 39 weeks she was born and was 6 lbs. Not sure how that happened if she was supposed to grow alot in the end. However, at 39 weeks my fundal height was 35 1/2 or 36 weeks. At 35 weeks I was measuring 32 weeks and Gabby was perfectly healthy!!

Stacy Ann said...

Thanks y'all!
Megs, yeah I have no idea how they figure the weight. I've heard how incredibly inaccurate their calculations are. A 6 lb. babe would be fine with me!! :)

Susan said...

your belly flash was my first laugh this morning. haha!