Baby Jeremy

So, we had another appointment this past Wednesday. We definitely like the new doc better than the old.

At the appointment last week, Josh went with me and asked the doctor if we were going to have anymore ultrasounds. The doctor said, no-unless medically necessary, but Josh asked if we could anyway because the last ultrasound with the old doc sucked. New doc said yes, so we had it this week. The baby is so big now that you can't see more than 1 section of his body at a time on the ultrasound screen. We saw his head (just the back), his chest, his belly, and his bottom half (couldn't really make out the legs or his wee wee because he is all squished in there and everything was bunched up). We saw his heart, 1 kidney and bladder up close. He was turned facing my back, so we couldn't see his face, and he wasn't in position for us to really get any good pictures. The nice thing was that the doctor kept asking us what we wanted to see and didn't rush anything.

So, it's no wonder that I grew out of a couple of my maternity pants. The doctor estimated the baby to be about 8 pounds! I have a feeling that is a little bit of an over estimate seeing as last week he only estimated the baby to be about 5 pounds. I don't think the baby grew 3 pounds in 1 week, but I am guessing he is probably about 7 pounds. I think last week was an underestimate and this week an over estimate. With 3 more weeks to go, I hope he's not already 8 pounds.

It definitely feels like he is running out of room in there. Sometimes it feels like he is trying to kick his way out. A couple of weeks ago it felt like he was trying to push himself out the side. I could feel his body pushed against one side of my belly and his feet kept repeatedly kicking the other side of my belly like he was trying to kick through. Now, he pushes his head down with his feet at the top of my belly. At least he is pushing himself in the right direction now! What a smart little bugger he is already.

My last day of work is going to be next Friday. It is so weird to think that I am not going to work again for over 2 months. I know I'll be super busy with a new baby, but as a work-a-holic, it is weird.

At my appointment next week, they are going to check to see if my body is starting to get ready for delivery or not (to put it nicely). I asked the doctor how far past my due date they would let me go if I was late. He said the first thing they look for is my body to progress and get ready for delivery. If it doesn't by 2 weeks, then they would probably induce. We'll see. I think I'll be good, though. I can tell the baby is ready to come out. Haha.

I can't wait to meet him. We definitely aren't fully prepared for him to come, yet, but we're getting there.