Week 37!

According to one website, PJs is now the size of a watermelon! That sounds about right to me!

Our ultrasound appointment yesterday morning went really well. They were checking on PJs position, and all is well! His head is nestled down at the bottom and his back stretches around on my right side. His hands and feet are still all over on the left side, where they've been kicking me for months now! I'm very relieved that we don't have to fret about whether to fuss with trying to get him turned or with a mandatory c-section for a breech baby! So far, so good (don't go flipping now Peej!).

He was kicking so hard during the ultrasound - he kicked the heck out of the wand at one point, startling the technician! And his face was sooooo adorable - even though it was really hard to see what was what, of course! He was grabbing his feet the whole time, taking sips of the fluid and wiggling around, putting on a show.

So, now it's just waiting, I suppose! Three weeks until the official due date - but he can really come at any time. If he doesn't make an appearance by 10 days past the due date, the doctor said they plan an inducement to get him to wiggle out of his comfy home.

What PJs is up to:
Your baby weighs close to 6.5 pounds / 2.8 kilograms and may be about 20 inches / 50 centimetres long from head to toe. Your baby's head is now cradled in your pelvic cavity -- surrounded and protected by your pelvic bones. This position clears some much-needed space for her growing legs and buttocks.

Many babies now have a full head of hair, with locks maybe around one inch / 2.5 centimetres long. But don't be surprised if her hair isn't the same colour as yours. Dark-haired couples are sometimes taken aback when their children are born with bright red or blond hair, and fair-haired couples likewise can produce babies with dark hair. And then, of course, some babies don't have any hair at all.

Speaking of hair, most of the downy coat of lanugo that covered your baby from 26 weeks has disappeared, and so has most of the vernix caseosa, the whitish substance that also covers her. Your baby will swallow her lanugo and exterior coating, along with other secretions, and store them in her bowels. These will become your infant's first bowel movement, a blackish waste called meconium.