Thursday, June 19, 2008

Update on Lil' Babe

This morning we went for our 34-week ultrasound to check Lil' Babe's growth. Dr. Haines wanted to make sure all was ok, since I was measuring a little small. Turns out, yes, Lil' Babe is smaller - about 4 to 4.5 pounds right now. But they are not concerned that she is small and sickly, which was the big worry. The game plan: go back in 3 weeks and re-check growth. That would put me at 37 weeks!

They estimate babies at this age gain a half pound a week from now... I'm not sure if that is completely accurate in our case. Again, I think it really comes down to our smaller stature, as compared to larger Americans. If Lil' Babe were on the half pound track, she would be born weighing 7+ pounds - at least a half pound heavier than Evan! (He was 6 lbs. 8 oz.) Whatever her weight turns out to be, we just want her healthy - and it's looking that way right now - phew!

Position-wise, she's still crammed into that far corner. Pictures from today were disappointing, due to her position. We got toes and girl parts. Lovely! :) We'll just have to take a million pictures once she is born!

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