BIG News

I had a Doctors appointment on Wednesday to go over the ultrasound pictures that we had last week. There have been a few concerns that they were looking into such as my fibroids and the baby's heart. I was told that they couldn't find the fibroids (good news) and that the heart is functioning properly (also very good news).

Then the Dr informed me that our baby is in the 90th percentile for size! He is almost 5lbs already, which is a whole pound heavier than most in-utero babies his age. The other "wonderful" news that he gave me was that fetus's DOUBLE in size in the last 4 weeks. I have 7 more to go. Awesome.

I had a pretty good idea that we were going to be dealing with a large baby since Matt was close to 10lbs at delivery, and I was a large 8lbs. I am so happy that he is growing well, gaining strength and size and that we have no big concerns at this time. However, I was hoping for an easy and short labor, but I am guessing that is now out of the picture. :)

Here are our stats today:

His Heart Rate: 175 (he was active at the time of reading)
My Weight: 147lbs
My size: 38cm (most women are equal to the amount of weeks they are. I should be around 32cm. But since Im carrying the Hulk...)

Also, we started our birthing class this week. It is definitely an interesting group of people, but we have already learned a lot. My homework assignments this week are to find 2 cd's to practice relaxing to, kegel exercises and find a focal point to assist me during delivery. (A picture, stuffed animal, etc.) Matt loved learning about how to time contractions, and that in the delivery room, the "Coach" is in charge. We'll see how that goes when the time comes :)