Pregnancy: Week 38

We are really getting close now! This is day 5 of week 38, meaning we are less than ten days away from my due date.  Of course, that means she could come after that too, but it is still exciting. At week 38, baby girl is now 6.8 pounds, a larger watermelon compared with last week, and is over 19 1/2 inches long, like a leek.  She is still putting on weight and working on her lung development although she is getting closer and closer to being ready for life outside.

I am still feeling good overall although the baby seems to be dropping slowly day by day.  I was a little more dilated at this week's appointment but I am not having any significant pre-labor or early labor symptoms.  I am still managing to work out three times a week and doing okay.  I am wrapping things up at work and it is hard to believe that I will be leaving soon, at least for a few months.  Now that the nursery is just about finished, we are making sure we are as ready as we can be for our little girl and trying to be patient.  But we are so excited to meet her!