I had another ultrasound yesterday.  Since I am so far along, it’s harder to get a great look at the baby.  Unless she is perfectly positioned, (which never really happens), they can’t get super accurate measurements to say how much she weighs.  Yesterday they said 5.3 pounds, which is huge, but I feel like that is too high.  If I had to guess, based on my last, more accurate ultrasound, I would say she is just under 5 pounds.  That is just my non-professional opinion, though.  If she is 5.3 pounds, that would put her in the 80th percentile, which would mean she would weigh over 8 pounds, but under 9, by my due date.  Once a baby starts measuring in the 90th percentile, they start expecting a 9-10 pound baby.  Ouch.  Josh suggested that I stop eating Dairy Queen Blizzards for breakfast, just in case she really is as big as they say.  🙂

But seriously, she is doing what she should be doing right now, which is growing.  We don’t need an exact measurement to tell us that, so we were happy with the appointment.  We got to see that she has some hair on her head, too.  I am not sure if you all are aware, but when I came out of the womb, there was some concern that I was half Sasquatch. I had that much hair.  Eli had some black hair when he was born, but not an obscene amount, so maybe this baby will be like that, too.  Who knows.  Just one of the many questions when you are pregnant and waiting to meet your little one for the first time.

Those are the simple thoughts I am trying to focus on these days.  Every once in awhile, my brain starts to wander and get wrapped up in all the scary what-if’s.  I always preach that you can’t let yourself waste energy worrying about what you don’t know to be true.  That is much easier said than done, I know, and as September approaches, I am feeling more challenged by this.  It’s hard to find a happy medium between burying your head in the sand – ignoring reality, and trying to plan for every possible scenario.

So, that’s the scoop.  Not too exciting, but the ultrasounds are nice, so we can see her and feel reassured that she is doing well.  I still have a lot to do to prepare her room…okay, EVERYTHING to do…but that’s the fun part, right? 🙂