Do Large Babies Run in Your Family?

That was the question I was asked yesterday just after being measured for fundal height (distance between top of pubic bone and the top of the uterus) when I went to my now-weekly doctor's appointment. Uh oh. I told him, "Not in my family but definitely in my husband's family." It seems my tummy had gotten 5 centimeters bigger (about 2 inches) in the last two weeks. I had been measuring totally average up until yesterday when it was discovered that I am pretty big for 35 weeks. Basically, your fundal height measurement (in centimeters) should be equal to how many weeks along you are and even being 1 or 2 centimeters within that is in the normal range. At my last appointment when I was 33 weeks, I measured 33 cm. Perfect. This time, at 35 weeks, I measured 38 centimeters. So, an ultrasound has been scheduled for next week to see if he is really big or why I measured so large and then we'll have to figure out where to go from there. I was caught so off-guard that I didn't even think to ask what we could be in for. I guess if the baby is really big already, they will be looking at trying to get him out of there sooner than my June 26th due date. Here's a picture of me from Thursday when I was at exactly 35 weeks. I definitely look like I am about ready to pop- and let me tell you, I feel like it too!



As you can imagine, this news really got us kicked into gear for finishing up the baby's room and the final preparations. I had been thinking about putting the car seat in the car and packing a bag in about two more weeks but I'm going to do it this weekend now instead. I'm finishing up his laundry and his room is pretty well organized and stocked now. The bottles have found a home in the kitchen and he has all his bathing-related stuff on his own shelf in the bathroom.

Instead of our Saturday afternoon date that we planned last weekend for going out to lunch and seeing Iron Man, we opted to go out to lunch and buy a ceiling fan for our bedroom. It took us a long time to pick one out but finally found one that we both liked and the price wasn't ridiculous. We took it home and after a few hours, it was up and running. I discovered in the Home Depot advertisement that came out on Wednesday that they had the exact fan on sale for $20 less! I see those Lowe's ads on tv all the time about the price matching guarantee they have but I wasn't sure if it was only for appliances since that is what they talk about in the commercials. Apparently it's good for anything because I took my receipt and the Home Depot ad down to Lowe's and they gave me the difference PLUS 10%. Yay for Lowe's! I have a nice new fan to keep me cool at night and I got a smokin' deal on it. I would still like to see Iron Man, but I am happy everything turned out the way it did.