Big Boy, Big Week.

The past week was a very busy one for Mike and I.

First off, we had breastfeeding class on Monday night for about 2 hours. It was informative and I hope it works for us. Mike was a good sport and took it all in with me. The most memorable line was "make sure your baby has a mouthful of breast...." I about lost it!

Then on Thursday, we had a regular 2-week visit with our primary Dr. As usual, they had me pee in a cup, took my blood pressure, listened to his heartbeat and measured my belly. All the usual stuff. All is looking good.

Friday, we had an ultrasound at the hospital because big shocker here, he is measuring a little large. The Dr. wanted to see what he is weighing now (an estimate of course). After the technician took some measurements she told us he weighs about 6 lbs, 9 ounces. That puts him in the 90th percentile for his weight against other babies in the same week of pregnancy. I looked at Mike with wide eyes and said "holy crap!" The technician left the room to share the results with an on-call Dr. and I looked at Mike and said "we have 5 more weeks to go, by the time he is born he is going to be like 12 lbs!" Mike just smiled and said that he was sorry, but all would be fine. He is always so calm. However I think he is a little excited too.... he sees "football player" in little Charlie's future.

Finally, on Saturday we had our all-day birthing class. It really was ALL-DAY. From 9-4 we sat and learned all about the birthing process. I had learned all this before (early childhood endorsement), but I guess my selective memory had blocked some of the more "interesting" parts out. I won't share all of the icky details. Let's just say I hope that I deliver very quickly and easily. My mom had me in about 6 hours total, and my sister was about 8 hours. I hope to continue the trend and not be one of the "average" first-time Mom's that are usually in labor from 18-30 hours. Favorite memory from this class was a question that Mike asked. After the presenter went over what happens if you have a boy and make the choice to have a circumcision. Mike raised his hand and asked "So is it like a haircut, do you have them take however much you want off the top?" The presenter laughed, then looked at him and said "well, that is a first, I have never heard it worded like that!" She also said to ask our pediatrician. The whole place was in laughing uproar. I barley heard what she was saying because I was laughing so hard, not to mention my face was bright red with embarrassment. Mike also turned a nice shade of pink. Hilarious!

Whew.... I am glad it is Sunday... Time to RELAX!
Here are the pics from our latest ultrasound:


Profile (A little mushed because he is already in a "head-down" position.)


Little face, look close you can see his eye and a very chubby cheek.


He is growing hair on his head already. It's the little white stuff on the left of his round head.


Another confirmation that we are having a boy!

:)