Weeks 37 & 38

FULL TERM BABY!!! I can't not believe I am only 2 weeks away from my due date!!! WOW!! I know that any day now could be the day that I will finally meet my Baby D. Baby D is the size of a watermelon and I've been eating a ton of it lately.



Baby
Week 37 - Congratulations — your baby is full term! This means that if your baby arrives now, his lungs should be fully mature and ready to adjust to life outside the womb, even though your due date is still three weeks away.

Your baby weighs 6 1/3 pounds and measures a bit over 19 inches, head to heel (like a stalk of Swiss chard). Many babies have a full head of hair at birth, with locks from 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inches long. But don't be surprised if your baby's hair isn't the same color as yours. Dark-haired couples are sometimes thrown for a loop when their children come out as blonds or redheads, and fair-haired couples have been surprised by Elvis look-alikes. And then, of course, some babies sport only peach fuzz.

Week 38 - Your baby has really plumped up. She weighs about 6.8 pounds and she's over 19 1/2 inches long (like a leek). She has a firm grasp, which you'll soon be able to test when you hold her hand for the first time! Her organs have matured and are ready for life outside the womb.

Wondering what color your baby's eyes will be? You may not be able to tell right away. If she's born with brown eyes, they'll likely stay brown. If she's born with steel gray or dark blue eyes, they may stay gray or blue or turn green, hazel, or brown by the time she's 9 months old. That's because a child's irises (the colored part of the eye) may gain more pigment in the months after she's born, but they usually won't get "lighter" or more blue. (Green, hazel, and brown eyes have more pigment than gray or blue eyes.)


Updates
NST - Last week my OB decided that he wanted me to go twice a week for NSTs now. Well that hasn't worked out too good because he's failed every single one of them except one. And that one that he didn't fail, the nurse kept pressing down on my belly and poking him around for him to move. It has been stressing me out quite a bit these NSTs, the fact that he's not passing them. I swear it's like he knows we are going for NSTs and he purposely won't move and just fall asleep. Just this week alone I've been sent for an AF u/s and a BPP u/s and he passes those with flying colors. So today after another failed NST my OB decided that he no longer wants me to have them done. Thank God! No more worrying about those so I just have a BPP u/s scheduled for next week and that's it.

Blood Pressure - Has been quite high lately that it's ended me in the L&D again. This week alone I have been to L&D twice, once for a failed NST, and the second for high bp. The nurses there are starting to know me. Today, Thank God it was normal. Whenever it's high my OB checks to see if it's pre-eclampsia and thank God it has not been that. I'm sure this warm weather has not been helping me at all. So needless to say my week has been pretty busy at the hospital. My had my appt with him on Tuesday and today I had another appt with him.

Internals - I have had 3 including todays and I have made NO progress what so ever. I have been getting more BH but I guess they are not strong enough to make any progress. We will see how I'm doing next week.

I all ready washed all of his clothes and have put them away in the drawers. I also installed the car seat base in my car this afternoon. I just have to get it check to see if it's installed correctly. This weekend I'm going to start packing my hospital bag. It's crazy to think that I'm due in 14 days. I have 3 weeks at most to meet Baby D because my OB said they let you go up to 41 weeks before they induce labor. I'm hoping he arrives sometime on or before his due date. I have a feeling he will be born right around his due date. It's a feeling I've had for awhile now and let's see if my intuition is right.

Weekly Survey
How far along? 38 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: Gained 42 lbs (I'm hoping I don't get to the 50 lb mark)

How much does baby weigh: I'm thinking about 7 lbs now

Maternity clothes? Yes

Stretch marks? No

Sleep: Lately I have been getting up once to use the bathroom, but overall pretty good

Best moment this week: Knowing that after 2 failed NSTs he's doing good

Movement: Not as much as before because I'm sure he's running out of space

Food cravings: Watermelon

Gender: boy

Labor Signs: BH and NO progress

Belly Button in or out? In and I don't think it will pop out

What I miss: Being able to do things without my big belly being in the way

What I am looking forward to: Meeting my little boy!

Weekly Wisdom: Enjoy every moment of your pregnancy because it goes by so fast

Milestones: FULL TERM!!!