Getting closer and closer!

37 Weeks!

Hello all!  Just wanted to give an update from my appointment this morning at Maternal Fetal Medicine.  This visit was not only to check my amniotic fluid, but to also get updated measurements of the baby and make sure that everything is on point.  Lil Man was being a stinker as usual and hiding his face so we didn't get a good look at it but all of his measurements looked great.  He is weighing in at 7lbs!  At this point, babies gain a half pound to a pound a week, so the tech said that if I were to go the two weeks til my due date, he could be anywhere from 8 to 8 1/2 pounds!  Looks like we might have a little bit of a chunker on our hands!  My amniotic fluid was at 9.7 today which is great!  We got to see Dr. McCurdy this morning, which Jeff and I were very happy about.  He said that my fluid level looks great and that he wanted me to see Dr. B at the end of the week since we would have a longer time span between visits and can have more sound information from the NST (fetal heart monitor).  My appointment was supposed to be Wednesday but has been moved to Thursday morning.  Dr. McCurdy said that he would like Dr B to see me Thursday and depending on what we find, see me back at MFM Monday and then possibly induce the end of next week!  He said to us to feel free to go into labor at this point!  Dr. McCurdy was mostly concerned with getting me to 38 weeks (which is Wednesday) and rather than have to worry about going into labor on my own and worrying about fluid levels until that happens, inducing would solve the problem and we would get to meet our Lil Man!  Jeff and I freaked out a little bit...we knew that this was coming but to hear that we could have our son next weekend made it become real!  So I see Dr B on Thursday and will hopefully know more then...he will be checking me to see if I am dilated at all and I haven't had any contractions yet, only Braxton Hix ones.  I will continue to keep you updated on what I hear.  If anything, we could be posting pictures of our Lil  Man's debut and sharing the joy of his arrival with all of you very soon!