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.
Its amazing how big he is! How much did your moms kids weigh? What about Charlies moms kids?
How incredible that he can hear all those things. Its incredibly sweet, isnt it?
I weighed 6lb 4oz & My brothers were just a little bigger. Charlie weighted 7lb even, so Im not expecting a big baby. I know that weight estimates in utero are not too reliable so who knows??