Dear Sweet Baby Kay,
You now weigh about 4 3/4 pounds, like an average canalope, and are almost 18 inches long. Your fat layers which will help regulate your body temperature once you're born are filling you out, making you rounder. Your skin is also smoother than ever. Your central nervous system is maturing and your lungs are continuing to mature as well. This week, fatigue has really set in again. I have been more tired this week than I have been the whole pregnancy. It is hard work growing a little human! Watermelon and fresh fruit is still about the only thing I am really craving which is a good healthy craving for your growth and development.
It seems as if you have "dropped" meaning you have started to settle down further in the birth canal. I noticed you seemed a little lower this weekend and several other friends and family noticed it as well. You may end up being a mid-October baby if you have dropped this soon! Everything was great at your 32 week (at 33 weeks) appointment. You were facing head down, which is a good thing. I have gained 4 pounds since the last appointment and my face is starting to round out/swell which happens to a lot of pregnant women. The Braxton Hicks contractions are nothing to be concerned about. You measured right at 33 weeks which is exactly where you should have been measuring. My blood pressure 100/72 which is excellent and your heart rate is in the 140’s which is normal. The heartbeat range they look for is 120-160’s so you are right in the middle. While we were there, we set up the rest of my appointments for the pregnancy. I will not go next week, but starting the week of 9/25, I will begin to go weekly. Only five more trips to the doctor before your due date!
It seems as if you have "dropped" meaning you have started to settle down further in the birth canal. I noticed you seemed a little lower this weekend and several other friends and family noticed it as well. You may end up being a mid-October baby if you have dropped this soon! Everything was great at your 32 week (at 33 weeks) appointment. You were facing head down, which is a good thing. I have gained 4 pounds since the last appointment and my face is starting to round out/swell which happens to a lot of pregnant women. The Braxton Hicks contractions are nothing to be concerned about. You measured right at 33 weeks which is exactly where you should have been measuring. My blood pressure 100/72 which is excellent and your heart rate is in the 140’s which is normal. The heartbeat range they look for is 120-160’s so you are right in the middle. While we were there, we set up the rest of my appointments for the pregnancy. I will not go next week, but starting the week of 9/25, I will begin to go weekly. Only five more trips to the doctor before your due date!
My doctor's office does not like for pregnancies to go past 41 weeks, so we are looking at a birth window of 10/29 - 11/5.
This week we also had our second baby shower. This one was hosted by two ladies in the church choir, so all the ladies of the choir and immediate family were invited. Your grandmothers, Aunt and cousin drove in from out of town to be a part of your celebration.
Lots of pink decorated the home. We enjoyed a delicious fruit party punch, bakery fresh cheese straws, petit fours, green grapes, nuts and jordan almonds.
The petit fours had an orange glaze in the middle which I had not had before. They were delicious!
What a lovely group of ladies! They are all so thrilled about you and are over the moon excited to meet you, love on you and to help you to learn to sing like us! Fa la la la la! They too have prayed many prayers for you over the years and have a hand (or prayer) in bring you to us.
Your Nana, Aunt Elizabeth and Cousin Seslie came from out of town to join us.
... and so did your Grandma, my Mom.
Ms. Kathie was one of the gracious hostesses of this get together. Would you believe that she too went to Auburn like me, and we actually lived in the exact same dorm! It is a very small world baby girl, so always be kind and never burn a bridge because you never know when you will need that bridge to cross.
It was a beautiful afternoon with fa la la la lovely ladies from the chuch choir who can't wait to meet you.
Singing our joy for you all over the church!
With all my love,
Mom
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