Will it EVER stop raining?
I was happy for lots of rain…but I’m starting to wonder if I’ll ever see the sun again. It’s made me glad I’m delivering in May - post partum will be during the summer which should be nice, warm & cheery!
We had our post ultrasound check-up yesterday & were glad to find out that Elliot is a very healthy little boy! He’s measuring about 2 days ahead & according to her estimates weighs 1 lb 14 oz! My baby calendar says this for today: “Your baby now weighs a pound, measures eight inches, and is proportioned like a newborn, albeit a thin one since it has yet to store body fat.” - so I was a little suprised to find out he was almost double that 2 weeks ago! I’m really hoping for a 6.5-7.5lb baby - maybe that isn’t as realistic as I thought!! The nurse asked me about his activity level & said that I should be getting about 10 movements in an hour - not each hour, but at least during one hour of the day. So I went home & counted & I got about 10 movements in less than 5 minutes so no concern there! We also found out that the placenta is posterior - meaning it’s on the back side of my uterus - which is why I was able to feel movements so early. Glad to find out it’s in a good place so no worries about placenta previa!
Mama also put on some pounds - and to think here I was worried I wouldn’t gain weight. I guess after weighing the same for 10+ years I just couldn’t imagine it - but it’s happening!! I started the pg at 122, lost 2 lbs, and then gained them back. Last apt. I was at 128 and this one I hit 135 - so that puts me at 13lbs up so far - Which is absolutely fine if I can maintain 1 lb a week gain from here on out, which is reccomended. But I just put on 7 pounds in 3.5 weeks so it may not be quite as easy as I’d thought - but the doc reminded me that there were the holidays in there so I do have an excuse! It was actually pretty funny to hear the doctor comment about it - he wasn’t concerned, but I think I suprised him! 
“Your baby can now make out a distorted version of your voice, the beating of your heart, and your stomach rumblings.” - What a great thing to read on the very day all the CD’s I ordered came! It was so fun to play him music knowing he could hear it! I am going to do my best to memorize the lullabye CD so I can sing them by heart once he arrives.
