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"In this tempestuous, havoc-ridden world of ours, all real communication comes from the heart." | ||
- Etty Hillesum |
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October 18, 2006 |
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Big baby. BIG baby. |
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Holy cow! She�s a BIG BABY. Oh dear. She�s already 4lbs, 13oz � that means she�s in the 74th percentile for weight. GEEZ! I�ve only officially gained 16 pounds. I�m eating some junk food (God, I�m not even going to link to that junk food list I made the other day) but I�m not going completely nutso on the junk or I�d have gained way more than 16 pounds by now. If she keeps growing on target, she�ll be somewhere around 9 pounds when she is born. I have one word to say in response to that news: OUCH! The good (great) news is that she is healthy, healthy, healthy. She�s breathing amniotic fluid. She�s drinking and swallowing it. She�s moving around like a champ. So all is good. I don�t quite understand how she can be that big � I mean, I�m not a big woman. And I was teeny when I was born. And my husband isn�t a huge guy, and he was tiny when he was born. So apparently she�s just an overachiever already, and she hasn�t even made her official entrance yet! The news of her size has obviously made me a little nervous. Her head circumference was pretty large, too .. and that�s the deciding factor on rips/tears/fitting through the pelvic inlet � yeouch. Up until today I�ve been very cool about the whole birth thing. Hey, no problem, she�ll come out and it�ll be great. Now, all of a sudden, I have pictures in my mind of 4th degree tears and me screaming bloody murder. I should probably stop thinking now. She�s healthy! I�m healthy! She�s joining us in about eight weeks. And � here�s a fun thought. The doc said, �Big babies have big gas tanks. That means they don�t have to eat as often, and usually they�ll sleep more during the night.� So there, I�ll end it on a happy note. Perhaps she�ll snooze like a champ from the get-go! My goodness, she�s going to be a big baby. |
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