My sister’s scale, part II
My sister's scale is good and true. It spoke the truth to me, unlike my own memory. I really did weigh just what it told me, but last month I was actually 3 lbs. (not just 1 lb.) away from that Greatest-Ever Personal Weight Record. This month, I gained...ummm...3 lbs.
I'm there. I am at that Number Which Ends With Zero, which I have only seen once before. Teetering on the brink, with 6 weeks to go. This had better be a boy.
Or twins. Twins would be good.
Other notes from my prenatal checkup yesterday:
- Baby is finally head down, with very little room to maneuver. This is good news, as it means Baby will likely stay head down. This is particularly good news since Baby stayed so stubbornly head-up ever since Baby had a findable head and a stated preference.
- There is really, truly only one baby. No twins. At least, no reason to suspect twins.
- Baby is very active and very responsive.
- I am now measuring precisely on schedule, thanks to Baby being head down. Head-up babies cause bigger measurements.
- My iron level is very good, and I didn't faint when she stuck me. The children were sadly disappointed.
- Gas is so high that every prenatal visit (plus the 17 miles-further sister visit that follows) now costs nearly $30 at the pump. I'm so glad that my pregnant sister can carpool with us, and that we have 2 more sisters who live (with their husbands and 4 collective children) just 17 miles from the midwives.
- I might, just might, only need to make the drive once more. In 3 weeks I go again; 2 weeks after that the midwife will do a home visit to make sure she can find our house. Then I will have just over 1 week left to my duedate; if I'm no more than 2 weeks late I'll be home free!
Just for the record, I nearly always go into labor on a Thursday. Then baby is born late Thursday or early Friday - except for our millenium baby who started on the traditional Thursday and didn't arrive til after midnight, Saturday morning. And I've never been more than 8 days late: on average, it's closer to 1 or 2 days late.
So...I'm penciling in New Baby Coghlan for June 23. Is that good for everyone?
Related posts:
- My sister’s scale
- Sisters and googas
- First prenatal appointment
- I’m officially a whale
- Scratch that “anytime” feeling
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Oooh, I’ve got a conflict. Wait, I might could shift things around. Just make sure you (or someone not quite so occupied) has a dependable digital camera. We want baby pictures, Kim, and good ones!
I have just finished reading your entire blog up through this posting
and I just had to let you know how God has blessed me through your testimony and that of your family. God has used it to reveal some areas in my life that I need to work on (read – He stomped all over my toes at a few points)and also to comfort me in ways that I could never have imagined. Your testimony of how God ministered to you during the death of Baby Sarah really helped me to further accept the loss of my first baby at 8 weeks in utero in November 2004. God has since blessed my husband and me with our precious baby Connor who is 5 months old today. I can’t wait to see what God has in store for him. Thank you for taking a stand for Christ.
In His Care,
Kat
Kat,
You read my entire blog? I’m humbled, and thankful that God saw fit to minister to you through it.
Although I often let the computer eat up far too much of my time, I continue to blog because of comments like yours.
You crack me up.
Always.
(Well, not when you’re being serious, of course.)
Can’t wait to hear about your new baby. Sharing names ahead of time??
(And isn’t gas pricing horrifying?!!? Mercy.)