Baby Update

I am now 36 weeks along with the new baby. We had an appointment with the doctor and the final ultrasound last Thursday. The baby is healthy, no complications, but she did order us an ultrasound because I'm concerned about this baby being as big as Ava, or Bigger! Ava was 9 lbs. 3 oz....that about killed me; the recovery was AWFUL! Needless to say I did not have a "natural" (no epidural) birth; which I am fine with. If a cesarean can be avoided that would be great, but I am ok with that too; just as long as the baby is healthy.

Anyway, the technician estimated this baby to be about 5 lbs. 13 oz. right now, however the baby is head down so it was hard to get really accurate measurements without the true head circumference. I already feel better though, that's about 1.5 lbs. less than Ava weighed at this point. But 4 more weeks....oh, I don't know if I can take that!! I'm not the most pleasant pregnant woman in the last trimester...I am ready to just hold the little person and sleep on my stomach again. Since the weather is nice I plan on lots of walking...maybe I can encourage the little person to come out a wee-bit earlier than April 9th.

In other ultrasound news...it's pretty much/definitely/maybe a girl! Of course no one will say for sure, but all signs point to girl. The technician is very wishy-washy in suggesting the gender, but the doctor was pretty certain. That's good enough for me, because we are so in trouble with a name if it's a boy. More baby news as it develops!