Week 30

November 26, 2008

Weight: 173 pounds

Hector and I went to the doctor this morning for my last ultrasound and 30 weeks checkup. It's hard to believe we only have 10 weeks left. When I laid down on the ultrasound table, Dr. Williams said "Wow Katie you have a good bump going there!" My belly seems to be growing bigger and bigger each day. Dr W says it looks right on target. Hector and I are very curious to know the gender of the baby but we agreed that we didn't want Dr W to point anything out to us. We told him that and he said we wouldn't look between the legs - he said we will just check everything else out. So we began the ultrasound and quickly found my baby's head right above my belly button. The baby's hand was right beside the face so we were not able to get any good pictures of the baby's face = ( We were able to see a chubby cheek though. Dr Williams took measurements of the head, brain, stomach and femur bone. We got to see all four chambers of the heart and see the heart beating. So amazing! The heart rate was 157 bpm. We also got to see the lungs and breathing. HE pointed out the baby's spine and the umbilical cord. The baby's legs were extended from the right side of my abdomen to the left with the little feet in my lower left side. It was neat to see the baby's position. It explained why I feel most of the kicks below my belly button, the hard round thing that pokes out of my right side sometimes is the baby's bottom and I have seen this big bulge come out above my belly button and below my boobs in the center when I sit on the couch has been the baby's head/ The doctor said the baby can still flip and turn pretty easily and should be head down in the last couple of weeks. All the measurements guesstimated the baby's weight at 3 pounds 11 ounces. Dr W says the baby will double in weight before delivery so we will have at least an 8 pound baby. Hec and I both weighed 8 lbs 6 oz so I was thinking our baby may be of similar size. He also said the computer predicted a January 30 due date from all the calculations but he was going to keep mine at February 4 because it could be a week before or after.

December 3, 2008

This week I have enjoyed watching my belly move like a water bed. When the baby is moving, sometimes its real jerky and jumpy and sometimes its very wavelike. It is a lot of fun to sit and stare at!

I have been a lot more tired this week also. The work days seem to be getting longer even thought they are the same. I turned in my last assignment for grad school this semester so I have a nice break for awhile.

My legs and ankles are achy at the end of the day and today my ankles were a little swollen. I'm starting to go to bed around 9 pm again because I am exhausted. The majority of my coworkers still think I am having a girl.