For the past several months, I've been following a few of the discussion groups on TheBump.com. Reading these posts has helped me learn a lot about pregnancy, particularly from other women due around the same time as me. One of the milestones that is often celebrated within these discussion groups is the 35/35, or 35 weeks down, 35 days until due date. So, today is my 35/35! Wohoo!
I had my two NST appointments again this week. Both showed Baby is healthy and my contractions remain fairly calm. I've gained 25 pounds through this pregnancy, which puts me right on track for healthy weight gain. My blood pressure was low as always (98/60 on Thursday). As the nurse was strapping me into the fetal monitors, feeling my belly, she commented that it seemed baby had dropped a bit. I know it could still be several weeks until baby's debut, but this is another sign of progress towards delivery.
Thursday morning I also had a growth ultrasound. The tech tried to get another picture of Baby's face, but he kept his hand in the way the whole time. Also, he was certainly showing off his practice breathing that we were waiting so patiently for during the last two ultrasounds. After measuring baby's head circumference, abdomen and femur length, the doctor was able to estimate baby's current weight at 5 pounds, 10 ounces, which puts Baby in the 66th percentile. Dr. Williams was very happy with the estimates and baby's growth. According to What to Expect When You're Expecting, baby should gain about half a pound each week until delivery. If Baby Davolt follows that trend, then we can expect a baby between 7-8 pounds. Then again, these are all just educated guesses!
Since I first posted pictures of Baby's room, we've added some things that bring the room to life a bit. Jeff hung navy blue curtains, and installed the floating shelves
above the dresser. I received the fabulous cardboard cut out animals at my first baby shower with Jeff's family. On the floating shelves is a tiger and lion, while the elephant and 
giraffe are on the small bookshelf. The books were also a gift from the shower; each guest brought one to start a library for Baby Davolt.
During my free time this week, I worked on two craft projects. First, I made the paper triangle banner that is hanging above the crib. I had planned to use some stickers to decorate each triangle, but then decided I like the look of the simple papers. Second, I folded ten paper cranes from the same blue paper. When I was a teenager, I folded cranes and hung them from my ceiling for years. Since becoming pregnant, I knew I wanted to create a mobile using paper cranes. So now they are folded and threaded to be hung.
Coming Up:
I had my two NST appointments again this week. Both showed Baby is healthy and my contractions remain fairly calm. I've gained 25 pounds through this pregnancy, which puts me right on track for healthy weight gain. My blood pressure was low as always (98/60 on Thursday). As the nurse was strapping me into the fetal monitors, feeling my belly, she commented that it seemed baby had dropped a bit. I know it could still be several weeks until baby's debut, but this is another sign of progress towards delivery.
Thursday morning I also had a growth ultrasound. The tech tried to get another picture of Baby's face, but he kept his hand in the way the whole time. Also, he was certainly showing off his practice breathing that we were waiting so patiently for during the last two ultrasounds. After measuring baby's head circumference, abdomen and femur length, the doctor was able to estimate baby's current weight at 5 pounds, 10 ounces, which puts Baby in the 66th percentile. Dr. Williams was very happy with the estimates and baby's growth. According to What to Expect When You're Expecting, baby should gain about half a pound each week until delivery. If Baby Davolt follows that trend, then we can expect a baby between 7-8 pounds. Then again, these are all just educated guesses!
Since I first posted pictures of Baby's room, we've added some things that bring the room to life a bit. Jeff hung navy blue curtains, and installed the floating shelves
above the dresser. I received the fabulous cardboard cut out animals at my first baby shower with Jeff's family. On the floating shelves is a tiger and lion, while the elephant and 
giraffe are on the small bookshelf. The books were also a gift from the shower; each guest brought one to start a library for Baby Davolt.
During my free time this week, I worked on two craft projects. First, I made the paper triangle banner that is hanging above the crib. I had planned to use some stickers to decorate each triangle, but then decided I like the look of the simple papers. Second, I folded ten paper cranes from the same blue paper. When I was a teenager, I folded cranes and hung them from my ceiling for years. Since becoming pregnant, I knew I wanted to create a mobile using paper cranes. So now they are folded and threaded to be hung.
Coming Up:
- NST's on Monday and Thursday
- Final class on Thursday night (breastfeeding wrap up)
- Baby shower on Saturday: A dear friend, Vicki is hosting and I'm excited to see my friends and just plain have some social time!
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