37 Week Ultrasound

Yesterday we had the pleasure of seeing the little one on the ultrasound screen one more time. The Drs. wanted to determine approximately what size baby we were looking at since I had been consistently measuring big since week 28, and Ellie was on the large size and early.

Baby is still a girl (not that we were worried she wouldn't be) and is measuring approximately 7 lbs. 9 oz. as of Thursday afternoon. Gaining a half lb. a week (which babies do on average the last few weeks of pregnancy), that would put her not that far off from Ellie's 8 lbs. 15.4 oz. at birth if we went close to full term. That I can do, and I was excited to hear she had not passed the 8 lb. mark yet!

In other news, my blood pressure came back good as well!

I had false contractions all day on Thursday and into the early morning Friday (I was finally able to fall asleep around 3:30AM). They were getting stronger at night, but nothing consistent or any decent length in time that would justify waking up Nick to keep track of them. The Dr. says false contractions help your body prepare for the real thing, so I guess I should view this as a positive. I don't mind them during the day, but could go without them when I am trying to sleep. 2. 5 hours of sleep when I have to work all day the next day is not what I call fun. Since baby tends to move around at night I have been trying to wake her up during the day (my sleep training while in the tummy routine). Maybe this is her way of trying to sleep train me, and let me know that going on 2.5 hours of sleep is going to become the norm. If so, we are going to have some serious talks when she actually arrives. Until then, she is winning and my sleep is suffering. At least it is almost the weekend and since I cleaned most of the house yesterday I will be able to relax and take naps during nap-time.