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Thursday, May 24, 2012

36 weeks!

36 weeks today and will be 37 weeks tomorrow!!  OH MY!  Really I could have him anytime now, but I'm keeping fingers crossed he waits til his appointed day...which is only 14 days away now!  I had my beautiful Joel at 36 wks, thank goodness he was ready to be born that soon; and had Jordon and Jared both at 38 wks. Jared struggled a bit at that time and I had wished he wouldn't baked a little longer, so hopefully at 39 wks Jett will be good to go!
I had my weekly check up this week and all is looking great, stable and quiet.  Cervix is still closed, Jett's getting bigger and all is well in my world of pregnancy.  I was informed that my delivery time of 12pm had been changed to 7:30am, so I will have to get to the hospital bright and early at 5:30am that Friday.  I already know I will most likely not be getting any sleep Thursday night...I will be much too excited/nervous/etc.  So, hopefully, I can get myself to nap a bit during the day.  Then once Jett is in my arms and we're both settled we can snooze together. :-)
I haven't had very many contractions, just a few here and there and some painful cervical pressure from time to time.  Jett's still moving around very well in his limited space, I think we'll both be relieved when he's out and can move around more freely.  Only two more dr visits with Dr. Stewart and one more u/s with Dr. Miller.... getting antsy to meet my lil man!!

My firstborn graduated from Middle School this week!!  High School Bound!  


How your baby's growing:
Your baby is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. She now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. She's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered her body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected her skin during her nine-month amniotic bath. Your baby swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of her first bowel movement.
At the end of this week, your baby will be considered full-term. (Full-term is 37 to 42 weeks; babies born before 37 weeks are pre-term and those born after 42 are post-term.) Most likely she's in a head-down position. But if she isn't, your practitioner may suggest scheduling an "external cephalic version," which is a fancy way of saying she'll try to coax your baby into a head-down position by manipulating her from the outside of your belly.

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