So I had another Doctor's appointment on Tuesday and everything's still going smoothly.
The baby's head is now "in position" (head down) which means these last few weeks what I thought was his head at the top of my belly has actually been his little bottom/feet/knees! And Dr. Lavengood showed me how and where to feel his head and that was so cool; his head definitely feels different than his bottom.
I've gained a total of 26lbs so far, and I feel good with that. I have 7 weeks left so I'm thinking I'll gain a total of 35ish? That's what I'm hoping anyway. BUT my Doctor did say that he thinks maybe I'm eating too much salt... which I'm not sure if I've been eating saltier foods! I hadn't noticed any change in my eating habits since I'd seen him a month ago. He's thinking maybe that's what it is since I gained 7lbs but my belly growth hasn't changed. I guess I've gotten slightly puffy within the last couple weeks (I'm wearing a subsitute wedding ring because my real one is tight on me!) So bottom line is I have to watch my salt intake :(. Other than that everything's normal.
I asked him about the vernix (the white sort of cheesey coating that covers the baby's skin when they're born). I had to ask him what do we do with that because my mom said that rubbing in the vernix makes the baby not peel, whereas when you wipe it off they'll peel. Well Doc said that the reason babies peel is because when they were in the womb their skin is made for life in a moist environment, and when they come out the shed that skin and get the dry environment skin. Interesting. Thought I'd share!
Zack and I have also decided that it's just going to be me and him in the delivery room (and the Doctor and his nurses.) Originally I had wanted my mom in there and my sister but I'm glad Zack suggested it just be us. It'll be a lot more personal and special (not to sound too cliche.)
And my work put an ad in the paper today for my replacement :(. I know they'd love to keep me but I still want longer than 6 weeks of maternity leave (that's all they'll give me) and if we can live off of one income I'd love to do that. So it's really only fair to step down. I knew they were placing an ad this week but it's still weird. It's like "What, you don't like me enough to wait for me to come back indefinitely??" lol.... I'm still working up until my due date though and hopefully they can hire someone before June so I can train her and then not worry about going into labor.
Oh and Zack and I signed up for childbirth classes. I'm actually kind of excited. I hope we make it the whole 4 weeks since we don't start until June 1st and the last class is exactly a week before my due date. And yesterday I had my first "you'll never make it to forty weeks" comment! She thinks I'll only go 38weeks which I really hope I got longer because my doctor is supposed to be gone for week in June (though I'm not exactly sure when yet.) I know his back-up doctor is awesome but I'd really prefer my own.
Anyway, I'll post a new picture soon.... Maybe tonight since we're going to dinner and I'll be all cleaned up. :)
