Baby Girl Update

I have been a little overwhelmed by the volume of photos I have and how tired I feel to keep very up-to-date on blogging the last few month. But I hope to rebound and continue to log the adventures of our family.

We are now past the 32 week mark in the pregnancy, meaning that if baby had to be born now the chances are very good that she would do just fine in the outside world, with medical assistance of course. These milestones are a relief as I occasionally worry that everything will be generally ok with the pregnancy and delivery.

Baby Girl is about 4 lbs (the size of a large jicama for those of us who measure babies in terms of vegetables) and the doctor just confirmed that she's now head down and will probably stay that way until the end, meaning that most kicking now takes place in my cramped rib-cage. I'm starting to get the aches and pains that come with getting huge at the end, but so far this second time around has felt better than the first. I attibute a lot of that to being on my feet, moving throughout the day instead of sitting at a desk 8+ hours a day getting back aches like I did last time. The doc joked that I could eat whatever I wanted at the holidays this year since I'm actually trying to pack the pounds on, and kidding or not, I plan on taking that green light seriously.

We have a repeat C-section scheduled in mid-Jan, but we're going to wait and see if I go into labor naturally before that date and determine whether I'm doing a "trial of labor" or not with this one. She's measuring pretty small, so I might have a chance, but we'll just have to wait and see.

Also, we finally picked a name for her! I'm still debating a little bit with the middle name and I might start asking for opinions on that since I've been unable to reach a decision.