Four week countdown!!

36 weeks!

We have officially begun the 4 week countdown until the due date!!  This Thursday was 36 weeks, so here are the progress pictures...

Blurry, but the belly sure is getting bigger!



I don't feel like there is any more room in there, but I
know he has lots more growing to do! 

I have been measuring small at each of my appointments, but the doctors didn't seem too concerned, so I wasn't too concerned. In the past few weeks, a lot of the people I see frequently and everyone I meet keep commenting on how small I am. I am hoping that will make it easier to lose the weight once he's here! :-)



 



The growth ultrasound was nerve wracking at first, but very comforting! It had been so long since we had seen him, so I was excited to see him again! I was also hoping to see my old friend Irene, but she recently had a hysterectomy, so we had a fill-in. Either way, we were anxious to see how he was growing. Through all the measurements, they are estimating that he weighed 5 pounds, 7 ounces at that time.

Another profile, this time with his mouth open.

As he is getting bigger, it is more difficult to get "pretty pictures" since the screen is small. We did manage to get a couple profile pictures though. He was furrowing his forehead and opening and closing his mouth, practicing his swallowing. We could even see his chest - it was moving up and down really quickly as he practiced his breathing movements. It was AMAZING!! I can't wait to see him breath as I hold him!! 

If we had any doubts, we definitely confirmed it's a
boy in there!

So a silly picture, but with how difficult it was to make out body parts, he made sure to show us his scrotum...ha!  It seems huge to me, but she said it's because it is right up against the uterus and could be a little swollen right now.  But we are definitely sure Benjamin is a boy! 

He is right in the average range at 5 1/2 pounds now.  Typical growth is 1/2 pound a week, so he's right on track to be a healthy 8 pound baby! 

We are getting everything ready and even more anxious to meet little Ben, but don't want him to come before he's ready.  We have lots of friends and family scheduled to be here in the next month or so and we are so excited to have all of you!!