37 Week Appointment and Ultrasound

Yesterday, I had my 37 week OB appointment and a growth ultrasound. First, I had the ultrasound. There is plenty of fluid and the baby is growing well. She is not a "big" baby like many people think, but she is not small either. For the sake of posterity, here are her measurements at 37 weeks, 1 day:
BPD--9.03 cm--36 weeks, 4 days
HC--32.84 cm--37 weeks, 2 days
AC--32.00 cm--35 weeks, 6 days
FL--7.15 cm--36 weeks, 4 days

Overall, this puts her growth at 36 weeks, 4 days, so only four days behind. I was very happy with these numbers. For some reason, though, the overall growth percentile came in at the 37th percentile. Whatever. The doctor was happy with these numbers and said the growth was age appropriate and that I was not one of those women who would give birth to a 9 pound baby. I was very relieved to hear that. I could not imagine pushing a 9 pounder out of there! Ouch! She said if I go 40 weeks, to look for a baby that is around 7.5 pounds. I have a feeling that I will go more than 40 weeks with this one and we will see another December baby in this house. With the other kids all having holiday birthdays (or at least Gabriel has the potential to have a birthday on or near a holiday like he does in 2013 and in 2012, his birthday was a week before Easter), I would like to push this baby as far past a potential Thanksgiving baby as I can. That means, I would like her not to come any time in the last week-and-half of November, since Thanksgiving can fall any time between the 22nd and 28th. But I guess I have little say in the matter. What it does mean is that I will not be electing to have an induction at 39 or 40 weeks. If she comes on her own during that time, then that is fine, that will be God's plan for her, and I can live with that. What I cannot live with is forcing her out before she is ready for my convenience or anyone else's convenience.

In any case, the rest of the visit was just routine stuff, weight, blood pressure, pee in a cup. Everything is normal. Next week, I will get an internal exam. If my pregnancies with Gabriel and Jeremiah are any indication, there will not be much to report "down there" either!