I don’t know if I feel better or worse after this ultrasound. (I say that with a huge grin.) Last night I told Kit I’m really hoping the baby has cracked at least 5lbs just in case I go soon.

My uterine wall is very thin, but it’s consistently thin because someone’s noggin is pushing down so low - no bulges or areas of concern, she could not even see where my scar should be. Which is what my perinatologist said at an early ultrasound as well - he couldn’t see any scar. But thin wall is normal at this stage of the game.

My amniotic fluid level is low, not too low but close so she wants me to chug a lot of water the next few days.

My belly is measuring, as of last Thursday, 36 cms. There’s a couple cm leeway for that so since I was just under 37 weeks then 36 cms is lovely.

The baby - Emy had an ultrasound the day before she was born for a biophysical profile. On it (same sonographer) she was measuring about 6lbs but we were warned late term ultrasounds are notoriously inaccurate because the ratio used to calculate the fat/bone/muscle is off. When she arrived the next day weighing 7lbs 7ozs we were surprised but we knew the ultrasounds could be off so oh, well.

Well.. this baby is 37 weeks and 1 day as of today. This baby’s chest is measuring 39 weeks and 5 days and the baby’s head is measuring just over 40 weeks. The estimated weight is 7lbs 15ozs. Umm… I’m only 37 weeks. And babies gain on average an ounce a day in the last month.

The sonographer kept laughing and asking, “How big were your other kids? How far along did you have them?” She measured twice because she was so surprised by the size, and she reminded me this could be off - BUT it could be off in either direction!! Bigger or smaller. Then we started looking at the baby’s face and body and back of the neck - there are ripples of baby pudge on the back of the baby’s neck. She compared the baby’s cheeks to a stuffed chipmunk. She was laughing at how chubby this baby is… hmm…

We have pictures and video and she did some 3D but honestly her high resolution 2D look just as good. We have pictures of fingernails and she showed me the baby’s hair (not much) and the baby was sucking and blinking and we could see the little tongue going. It was so fun to watch!!

But wow - she said the baby should crack 8lbs tomorrow and said she thinks this will be our biggest baby yet. Unless that ultrasound measurement is dramatically off… I’m 37 weeks. The baby’s head is 40 weeks. Huh.

Emy was our biggest and she really didn’t look pudgy but I just may be growing a chunky baby right now. Wow.

(I emailed my midwife - her response was that she thought I was carrying a bigger baby this time. I guess I’m the last to know. )

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