34 weeks, 3 days.
>> Tuesday, January 5, 2010
So when the ultrasound tech asks you to guess how big your baby is, it means she's huge. She asked us to guess this afternoon, and I'd read up on my What to Expect of the week and knew 34 weeks en utero means about a 4 and 3/4 pound baby. I guessed 5 and half, because Adelyn's always measured a little big. Jason guessed 6, because he thought he was being funny.
6 pounds. 9 ounces.
SIX POUNDS! As in, yeah, I know the ultrasound measurements can be off by a pound either way, but even if it's a pound too high she'd still be almost a pound ABOVE AVERAGE. And if it's a pound off in the other direction, I don't even want to know what that means for me and my body a few weeks from now.
The main concern with Crohn's patients in pregnancy is growth restriction. And now I'm super excited to bring the ultrasound picture to my appointment with my gastroenterologist next week and rub it in his face, he who told me I wouldn't make it to 34 weeks because Crohn's patients deliver early, he who told me my baby would probably be born at around 5 pounds, because Crohn's patients have smaller babies, he who told me I'd have trouble putting on enough weight to support the pregnancy (I have 25 extra pounds so far that say otherwise), he who looked at me like I was crazy when I told him I was pregnant.
We also found out today that she's finally turned head down. So I can't really say for sure if she did that just because she's a smarty or because I've been playing her music down near the target area hoping she'd swim toward it, but she's assumed the position either way.
And now we wait. 34 weeks, 3 days.
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