36 Weeks
I hit 36 weeks on Friday which is relatively unremarkable in terms of "how things have changed" but it brings me ever closer to the time when the baby is considered FULL TERM (37 weeks). Yes, I am hoping the little critter will make an early appearance given all the contractions I've been having but, at the same time, I realize the universe thinks it is hilarious to let me think that and then have the baby be late. Ha-ha! Very funny, universe!
I was supposed to have an ultrasound last week but they moved it to 38 weeks because the whole point of it would be to see if the baby had turned head down and to measure how big he is because both factors will dictate my birth plan and 36 weeks was too early to do that.
There was a small amount of concern about the baby being transverse (lying sideways) but Marion told me some patients had luck getting their babies to turn by doing yoga. I did so and was told on Friday that he was head down. I was also told he might move again (because he was head down a couple weeks ago and then flipped to the other side). In the meantime I keep doing my little yoga poses and thinking positive thoughts.
Of course the biggest worry when you have gestational diabetes is that your kid will be enormous. He feels enormous. But then, so did Dax and he was only 7 pounds, 4 ounces when he was born so I guess you just never can tell. We'll find out on the 22nd.