34 weeks and counting

I hit 34 weeks yesterday! Woohoo. Major landmark. Next pitstop 36 weeks.

Had an appointment today with a perinatologist to get some more in depth ultrasounds done and the news was all super positive. The doctor thought that my fibroid position still leaves me with a good chance to have a normal vaginal birth. It hasn't grown in awhile - it's 11cm by 12cm and on the top outside of the left side of my uterus. I think they call it subserosal. The baby's head is already lower than the fibroid, so it wouldn't block his exit at the least.

The baby is about 5lbs 14oz already! Woohoo! Big baby. The doctor kept remarking on how big his head was. They couldn't even measure my cervix because his head was so big it wouldn't get out of the way. She then asked about Mark and I said that yes indeed, he has a nice big square head and was a big baby, as was Auntie Lolo. Then she asked me if I was a big baby and I said no, I was 4lbs 11oz and a preemie. She asked why I was a preemie and I said, "I have no idea." After artfully dodging questions about my mom, saying that she wasn't good with details, she told me that his upper arm measurement was long, like mine and that that hints that he'll be tall. More questions about Mark - yes Mark is 6 feet and has uncles that are even taller.

So little Myles is tall, a big baby who is growing quite well despite the fibroid, and in position. I felt SO relieved about him not being some tiny little wormy preemie. She basically said that at about 36 weeks I should go ahead and try to live a normal life for the duration of the pregnancy. My main doctor hinted at this too, so when I see her next week, she might release me from bedrest at 36 weeks. Wow! You mean I could go to church, get my ends trimmed, maybe even go to Lamaze class? What a luxury. I told the lady today that I'm so hard up for outings that I look forward to the doctor visits because I get to drive and leave the house.

Myles is a-coming and it's going well. I think I can sit still for two weeks easy - I've been doing it for so long, what's another two weeks. My friend hadn't told my beautician that I was on bedrest (and I didn't since I never had to call for an appointment I wouldn't be allowed to go to), so she didn't know that I was and thought that I was just being a bad girl since I never went by to show her my belly. I told her I'd LOVE to show her my belly if I could actually leave the house and get my ragged ends trimmed. I've been cutting my hair continually, one hair at a time for the last 5 weeks or so. The thought that I could go and let somebody else cut my hair, do my eyebrows, etc is just the best.

I'm in the home stretch now - it's less than 6 weeks away for a full-term baby, and he's looking more and more like he could make it. If he did the whole 40 lbs, he could weigh as much as 9 lbs. Maybe the fibroid isn't the biggest decider of a C-section here, huh?