Pregnancy: Week 37

The clock is ticking as we are now well into the second week of November and week 37 of this pregnancy!  The baby is now officially full term.  She is now weighing in a 6 1/3 pounds and is over 19 inches long.  According to my email, this is as long as a stalk of swiss chard, or the weight of a watermelon. She probably is still working on her lung development but would likely be healthy if she came anytime!

I continue to feel pretty good although I definitely now feel that the baby has dropped. I can't tell if you can see it in pictures, but I can feel it with increased pressure in my pelvis and the sense that more of her is below my belly button than above.  Luckily I am still feeling good, continuing with workouts, etc., and wrapping things up at work.  With the weather getting cooler I am having to get more creative with maternity clothes and my maternity jeans have been in heavy rotation this week.  Today was warmer so I was able to wear my other thrift store maternity dress (above) with a cardigan. Dresses are so comfortable!  The doctor continues to be happy with where things are and doesn't see any major signs of impending labor, although you never know. We will continue with weekly visits, or as she says, "Either have the baby or come back next week!"  This week I was definitely hoping that she would give me a little more time to wrap things up but we are really pretty ready to welcome her anytime. We are getting more and more excited to meet her and wondering what day she will decide to meet us and if she will have hair etc.  It is hard to believe there are only a few weeks left!