35w4d

Just got back from my ultrasound. For 35-1/2 weeks, this is one big girl! She is measuring 7 lb 4 oz already! If I went full term, 40 weeks, she could have been a 9-pound plus baby! Everything looked great. We found out some cool things on the ultrasound though today, as our technician was not that busy (doc is out of town so not that many patients) and seemed to show us more than usual.

• Baby girl has hair! She showed us the hair on her head floating in the amniotic fluid. So cool!
• Her foot is 7 cm long, almost 3 inches! That's a big foot!
• She has quite a big belly LOL. Her belly was measuring 40 weeks already -- now I know where all the weight gain I haven't had has been going.
• She was practicing breathing. You could see her diaphragm going up and down. Our technician pointed it out to us. That was REALLY cool. Apparently that means her lungs are already on their way to maturity!
• Amniotic fluid, heart beat, and umbilical blood flow looked great.
• Her head is down low, I mean REALLY low -- yeah, I can feel that!

The nurse in the office took my BP, and it looked better than it had recently at 148/85. I go back on Friday when my doc returns for another checkup.

Oh yeah, we confirmed my CSection date -- 12 noon on the 31st!