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 usually won't get "lighter" or more blue. (Green, hazel, and brown eyes have more pigment than gray or blue eyes.)
I'm getting so anxious, only 2 more weeks (three at the most)! I am really hoping baby will make a early appearance this week though, I could really use my belly back.
My last appointment was on Friday and everything went well. I am 1 cm dilated so YAY for progress! For those of you guessing on the baby poll on Facebook here a a few other notes. My last belly size was 40 cm and the baby's heartbeat last time was 134 (but I have seen it as high as 160). Baby has dropped but I'm still carrying kinda high (just like my profile picture).
One note that I would like prayer about is that my doctor said I should be willing to consider a c-section due to the baby's size. She is slightly concerned that because it does seem to be a bigger baby, I may not be able to have a natural birth; which is what I really want. My prayer is that the doctors will be patient and let me decide whether I can handle his/her size on my own. My goal in this delivery is to have an all natural birth, as in, no pain medication. I have faith that God can get me through any amount of pain. But I have heard and read that some doctors will push to give medications and other interventions. So prayer that God give the doctors and nurses patience would be awesome, and thank you to everyone who has been praying for me these past months, it has helped me through a lot.
Thank you to everyone who reads and comments on my blog. It is so helpful and encouraging to see all the love flood in. I hope my next post will be that baby is here, but if not, I'll try to post on Thursday after my appointment, and/or next Monday for the weekly update. Thanks for reading and God Bless you all!
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