Puff and I got one last sneak
peak at little Bimmer on Tuesday afternoon. Granted, it wasn't a GOOD peak,
since it didn't yield any photos. But I'm getting ahead of
myself...
As you know, they told me a month ago that Bimmer was "huge." They said
they felt mostly baby when they pushed on my big ol' bump and there had been
discussion of induction as early as 37 weeks. Except my bump didn't grow from
weeks 33 to 35, so here we are in week 37 checking it all out again. We really
don't care when she comes, just that she arrives healthy and happy!
The verdict?
Bimmer is riding super low in my pelvis (I noticed a significant drop this
past weekend) so there weren't any good photos, but it also made it a wee bit
hard to get a good gauge of the size of her head. After a few attempts at
measuring her (and digging that wand crazy painfully into my pelvis) they got
the guesstimate that she's about 7 pounds, 10 ounces right now. Granted, they
said that can be off by a pound in either direction. Something surprising we
learned? That there is a good amount of fluid in there. The last two docs had
lead us to believe we didn't have much, but it was just the opposite. With the
ultrasound, they were able to determine that my bump was probably bigger than it
should be since I had a lot of baby AND a lot of fluid.
What does all of this mean? Well, the size of the baby combined with my
contractions during the ultrasound and the pressure in my pelvis warranted them
to "check" my cervix a week earlier than they normally would. And... I am
currently 70 - 80% effaced (thinned out) and already 2cm dilated. I *knew*
something had changed the past few days, and I would venture to guess this
beginning of the first phase of the first stage of labor was that "something."
I'm not necessarily getting my hopes up, but the doctor did say he wouldn't
be surprised if I didn't make it back to my next week's appointment. He said he
would rather see me at the hospital. At this point, so would I! There is no way
to get comfortable these days and we are just beyond ready to welcome Bimmer
into our lives!
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