37 Weeks
Baby Center says,
"Congratulations — your baby is full term! This means that if your baby arrives now, his lungs should be fully mature and ready to adjust to life outside the womb, even though your due date is still three weeks away.
Your baby weighs 6 1/3 pounds and measures a bit over 19 inches, head to heel (like a stalk of Swiss chard). Many babies have a full head of hair at birth, with locks from 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inches long. But don't be surprised if your baby's hair isn't the same color as yours. Dark-haired couples are sometimes thrown for a loop when their children come out as blonds or redheads, and fair-haired couples have been surprised by Elvis look-alikes. And then, of course, some babies sport only peach fuzz."
To which I say, "What the heck is Swiss chard?"
I hit 37 weeks on Friday and, to celebrate, I got sent to Labor and Delivery because my pulse and blood pressure were both slightly elevated and I had ketones in my urine. These are all signs of preeclampsia so they needed to check me out. They ran a ton of tests and I'm fine. I even had a follow up there today and my blood pressure and pulse are back to a more normal state.
Guess what can cause this? Illness. And it just so happens that we are ALL laid up with The Plague. Or a cold. Yeah, I guess it could just be a cold. There's not much sleep going on for anyone and I have managed to pull a muscle from all the coughing. Imagine for a moment how awesome that feels when you are 37 weeks pregnant.
Before I bury us all in an avalanche of whining let's just move along, shall we?
You know that old Wive's Tale about how if the mom has heartburn during pregnancy it means the baby will have hair? Turns out it may not be a myth. I had a LOT of heartburn when I was pregnant with Dax and he did have a lot of hair. This time I don't have much at all so I'm curious to see if we've got a little baldy on the way. Yes. I am my own science experiment.
Not expecting much big news between now and the 22nd which is when the ultrasound is scheduled (to see how big the baby is). Please send us some healthy vibes so the baby doesn't have to come home to Germ Central.