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Wow, what a week of growth! Poppy is definitely growing quickly these days...as is mommy! I feel like maternity shirts are starting to get shorter, my belly often bumps into counters, doors, etc. and I'm more frequently asked when I'm due. My best hours of sleep come from about 9pm-1am and after that, I'm up every few hours.We had an awesome weekend filled with baby stuff! On Saturday, we went to our neighbors for another ultrasound. How much fun to see Poppy so much larger! Gary gave us a "full tour" and all the details (well, except for one...and an important one...still don't know if it's a boy or girl!) of what was going on in there. Poppy is in a great position right now with it's head down. And sure enough those little legs are by my right ribs...where it so often likes to curl up and put it's legs under my ribs!
We got a great profile picture of Poppy with it's lips puckered and a view of it's spine, legs, hands, heart and large feet! It definitely takes after daddy's size 16 feet! Gary took measurements and Poppy seems to be right in the 50th percentile....that is for everything except it's head size. At 33 weeks, Poppy's head is the size of a 37 week old. Oh my! Joe is still convinced it's a girl and I'm pretty sure it's a boy...at least with that size feet and head, we sure hope it's a boy:)
On Sunday, we went to our first childbirthing class. Joe & I really enjoyed it! We were one of 10 couples in attendance and the ONLY couple who didn't know what they were having! At the beginning of class, we all had to go around the room and introduce ourselves, as well as give our due date and what we were having. As each couple started introducing themselves, we realized a pattern was forming...boy, girl, boy, girl, boy, girl....and then it was our turn....don't know...girl, boy, boy. So we're figuring, we either kept the "random" pattern and Poppy is a boy or we balanced out the room and Poppy's a girl...Hmmm.....We'll find out soon!
The group ranged from 27 weeks to 35 weeks pregnant. Talking with the other couples who are also going through this experience for the first time, made me realize how normal my thoughts and feelings really are!
Poppy has been on the move this week! It seems that 9am-11am and 3pm-5pm seem to be it's most active times. Sometimes, I really think it's having a dance party in there! In fact, as I sit here and type this now, Poppy has hiccups for the second time today...quite an interesting feeling for me! I feel like I say this everytime I blog, but this entire process continues to amaze me! -Monica
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I loved this post. You guys are on the verge! How exciting. I think you are having a boy too. We won't find out what we are having either. Charlie says finding out is like knowing who won the Super Bowl before watching the game. We loved our child birth class and met some great couples. Four other couples from our class delivered around us(despite due dates that wouldn't have had us deliver near each other). One of the couples had a daughter, Eloise, the day before us. We all celebrated our girls with delivered Chinese food in the hospital lounge. We just wheeled in the baby's in their beds. (It was my first time up and walking!) What awesome memories. I can't wait to hear Poppy's story. Big hugs!
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