30 weeks 3 days - OB appt and ultrasound

We had our 30 week 3 day appointments today. We got to do the full ultrasound this morning, as well as a quick cervical length check, and then just had a quick check-in with the doctor this afternoon (we had to split up the appointment because he does surgeries on Tuesdays and open u/s times were limited).


The ultrasound went fantastic! She's still a little girl (thank goodness, or else we have a lot of pink stuff we'd need to return) - I'm not thinking she'll like watching the up-close proof of this when she's older, but so be it. Heartbeat was 150 bpm, which is really consistent with what it's been so far. She is measuring over a week ahead (which is shocking) - she's measuring 31w5d! Her estimated weight is about 3 lbs. 9 oz. (maybe 10 oz.). Her head circumference, however, is a full week ahead of that - my husband's the oldest of five siblings, and there were some big noggins in the family (JTD's next youngest brother, M, still has an enormous hat size). So, I guess that makes me pretty happy that we'll have to deliver via C-section for that reason alone... ;) She snuggles right up next to my uterine wall, so it's awfully hard to get a good 2D u/s picture of her face (and impossible to get a 3D/4D), but here's our beautiful little girl. (She also kept putting her hand up over her face specifically whenever we tried, as if she were blocking the paparazzi - I'm thinking she's either stubborn or a beautiful drama queen-in-training!)

Baby AKD:

Cervical length was just amazing. Still holding firm at just over 3 cm, still no funneling. My OB is really confident that it's the Shirodkar being so high/tight that is doing this for us. I feel better and better about that decision every week.

I managed to pee on my hand for the sixth week in a row, despite my best efforts to break the streak. I'm going to try not to keep track anymore - this is embarrassing. I gained a couple of pounds (which is good), and was reassured that, while I don't look 30 weeks pregnant (I apparently have a long torso for someone around 5'2"), I'm measuring that way and that she's healthy. That is all that I needed to hear.