Flagstaff Doctor Update

I had my first appointment with the Flagstaff doctor today. She was very nice and informative... maybe a little too informative! We did all the usual first appointment talk and talked through my pregnancy thus far. Then she had me up on the table to measure my belly and feel for Carter's position. Carter is head down with his back coming up my right side, his butt in my ribs, and his legs going down my left side. At my last appointment he was transverse so this is good news. Now we'll just have to see if he stays in the head down position. The doctor told him he was doing well so we'll see if that helps!

After the position determining she measured my belly and said I was right on track and that she estimated Carter to be 4.5 pounds. At the time I was like "oh cool! They've never told me how much they thought he weighed." The more I thought about 4.5 lbs the more I started to freak out a bit. The pregnancy books say about 3-3.5lbs at this point. Then I read online that the baby gains between 1/3 and 1/2 pound a week from here on out. I'm 30 weeks, so by 40 weeks I'd have a 9.5 lb baby. If I'm honest that number scares the shit out of me.

I am half Van Thiel and Van Thiel's have big babies. But I am also half Lund and Lund's have smaller babies.

But in an effort to keep things positive I have heard that bigger babies are better sleepers. So I'll go with that for now and see what she says in two weeks about his size. From here until 35/36 weeks I'll see the doctor every 2 weeks then from 35/36 weeks on I'll be going in weekly.

We also talked about delivery dates. I told her both my brother and I were both early - she said that family history doesn't really have anything to do with when I'll deliver. Sadly. I wouldn't mind going early especially if I've got a chunk in there! As far as induction they will schedule an induction between 40 and 41 weeks if I have not delivered by then. She also said if I was 39 weeks and really uncomfortable and my body looked like it could be ready soon that they would discuss an induction then if I wanted to. But from what I've heard an induced labor is harder. So for now I'll just cross my fingers for going early!

Carter's heartbeat was great at 151!

Enough medical stuff! Now on to the fun stuff. We've decided to go the DIY route with the letters for Carter's name above his crib. I found some cute hand painted letters online but they are $22 PER LETTER. That is just insane when you can buy the letters for 3 dollar/letter at Joann Fabrics and then paint them yourself. So I am going to do a DIY project and try it out! Jen J helped me plan out the colors and design - she's way more creative! This is what the plan is, we'll see how I do!