Jan. 25: This little baby is at 38 weeks! I had an appointment with my midwife today, and the good news is that there’s not much to report:) Baby flipped earlier this week, so she’s lying along my left side now. The flipping process wasn’t fun on my part. It took her about half a day to get re-situated in her new position. She’s still head-down, though, so that’s what matters!
I’ve gained 25-30 pounds since June, and I’m definitely feeling pretty heavy these days. My blood pressure is still low (110/64), so that makes my care providers happy. My tummy only grew by a half-centimeter this week. It now measures 35 1/2 cm from bottom to top. I’m carrying this baby much lower than I did with Andrew. Oh, and I got the good news at my appointment today that my Strep B test was negative, so I don’t have to have antibiotics administered during labor. A good thing!
We met with Laura, our doula, on Tuesday, so she’s ready to come over to help support me and Bryan when I labor at home and then when we move on to the hospital. I’m excited to birth and meet this little one!
How your baby’s growing:
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 won’t get “lighter” or more blue. (Green, hazel, and brown eyes have more pigment than gray or blue eyes.)