Growth Scan at 33 Weeks

We got back from our 'Merican holiday on Wednesday February 13th (after extending our Houston trip from 3 days to 7 HOLLA!) and had an appointment with our midwife, Laura, that Friday.  Everything was fine with Beaners, blood pressure, my weight, urine sample and heart rate were all normal but Laura was a little worried that I might be a little bit smaller on the growth curve.  It was slightly below what she wanted it to be on the curve so she booked us in for an appointment to have a growth scan that following Monday.  Giles and I were not worried as we looked at the curve and Beaners looked almost exactly on it but just thought it was better to be safe than sorry.  I had confirmation from my friends from back home that also helped me not stress through the weekend.

A little side note for expecting mothers: My friend Allie (who is due about a week before me) said that if you (the mother) measure 2 cm above or below what week of development you are in then you are in a good range.

I was in week 33 and measured just under 33 cm.

And my friend Emily also said that she was measuring 10 pounds with her little girl at her last ultrasound and Ava (her daughter) came out at 9.5 lbs. 

So these little things helped us not worry, and sure enough on Monday Beaners seemed just fine.  It was crazy how they could actually tell us his/her weight at that time.  And funny to actually see how much he/she has grown since last looking at the 20 weeks sonogram.  When we saw Bean then you could see the whole baby but at 33 weeks Beaners was SQUASHED in my belly.  No point in getting a photo of it because it was very difficult to even see that it was a baby.

So as of 33 weeks little Bean weighed in at 5 pounds 6 ounces.  Which, funny enough, according to the bump.com Bean at 33 weeks (the size of a Durian- a stinky Indonesian fruit that Giles and I both despised) should weigh anywhere from 4.2-5.8 pounds. Annie, the sonographer, said we should expect Bean to range as a high 7 pound baby.. which is fine by me, have you seen my husband? As long as it's not 10 pounds I'm A-OK.

xx