37 Weeks, 1 Day

Since this is a high risk pregnancy, I had a biophysical profile done at my last prenatal visit, and they'll continue to do them weekly until I deliver. Everything looks fine, although the abdominal circumference is measuring about 2 weeks behind the rest of the baby. No one seems terribly concerned about that. He supposedly weighs about 6 pounds now and is at the 30th percentile for height and weight. K is concerned that the baby is a little small (for one of mine, at least,) and hasn't grown as much as expected since the last ultrasound he did, combined with my lack of recent weight gain. I'm quite happy that I haven't been gaining, but I understand the concern.

The biggest concern for me is that this baby, like Maya, has no intention of staying head-down for delivery. Maya was transverse off and on right up until the end, and we even had a C-section scheduled. Having K around to do periodic exams and sonograms was handy, since the day she went head-down he was able to call and talk Dr. Powers into inducing. Even then, she shifted into a transverse position after they had hooked me up to the IV and the epidural, but before any medication was administered. I sat there begging her to turn while they went to get an ultrasound machine, and literally seconds before they came in, I felt a big shift and she went head-down. I know Dr. Powers won't hesitate to do a C-section if the baby is transverse when he thinks I should deliver. He wants to induce about a week early to avoid either an emergency C-section or my delivering of the baby so fast that I can't even get to the hospital in time. Not that any of my children have ever taken less than 12 hours to be born. I don't really do spontaneous labor before my due date, either. Justin was 10 days late, Mina (induced) and Layla were 2 weeks late, Layth and Maya were both induced about a week early. Even the two spontaneous labors needed Pitocin to move things along.

And still no name!