AHH! THE CHUBS! *squee!*

So!

Ultrasound and prenatal visit today!  I'll skip right to the facts. Baby was crazy active, and I got to see what it looked like. Holy cow. Baby chub on baby legs is cute even in utero. She wiggled her tongue a lot, and even yawned for us. And yes, those feet are generously sized and I watched them kick me.  89th percentile for size (which is about 2 weeks bigger than average, but is right on for a 9lb baby by April) and estimated 7lbs 10oz right now. GRANTED, ultrasound guesses are notoriously inaccurate in 3rd trimester and can be off by a pound or more. My personal guess before the ultrasound was around 7lbs, and I've been pretty good with my predictions so far, so their estimate may not be off by that much. She's gonna be pretty much what I was expecting - between 8 1/2 and 9 1/2 lbs.  Oh, and she's still a girl.

It's weird to think that I have a full-grown baby in there right now. Bigger than some babies are at birth, even healthy, full term ones. No wonder her darn little fists and feet seem so strong!

Good prenatal visit, all is well, baby is plenty active and Julie is fully supportive of my wishes not to have a c-section or induction without a clear medical reason. (And for me, a baby estimated over 9lbs isn't a medical reason to schedule either procedure. It's just a bigger than average baby. When we hit an estimation of 10+, I might be willing to discuss it.) She warned me that some in the medical profession may give me some grief over that choice. Which seems silly to me, but so noted. My baby, my birth, not theirs. I'm not doing this for their convenience. And so long as baby stays healthy and can make it out the birth canal - and I have no reason to think I will have any other outcome thanks to my genetics of big babies and uncomplicated births - I cannot see the purpose in agreeing to a surgical procedure that has guaranteed risk factors in place of a perceived "maybe" risk that will likely not be an issue. And now I'll get off my soapbox. :)

Our younger cat is attempting his Jedi mind tricks on me to get my pudding, so I think I'll go dissuade him from that venture and protect my bowl.