It has taken me a few days to get an update out about our 38 week appt, but I was waiting on belly pics to post with it! Now I am ready!!

Our appoitnemnt went great! Baby measured at 37 cm's for 38 weeks gestation, which means he is STILL growing and is diff going to be my biggest baby yet!  Baby's hearttones sounded great, he was actively squirming all around and was around 150 beats per minute.  He flipped himself over from our last appt when he was in the fantastic and much coveted LOA position (along the left, back facing out, back of his head facing my left side) At this appoitnment he was LOL, laying on the left, kind of on his side, with the back of his head (occiput) facing the left side as usual. and once again he seemed to have his arm/s near his head. Joe was really involved and had the Midwife show him how to palpitate the belly and identify one bump from another...he confirmed, baby diff has an arm or elbow or something right up by his face!

Otherwise everything is fine. My body is not showing any prelabor signs with the exception of a gradual increase of Braxton-Hicks contractions for a few hours each night. I laugh that either baby really likes or dislikes the show "24". We are working our way through the series by borrowing dvd sets from a friend...we are currently on season 3 and it has been our habit to watch 1 or 2 episodes at the end of each night after the girls are in bed. Baby is always SO active during these shows lol! and lately, either his activity, or my adrenaline form the show, or baby's reaction to it, i dunno which or a combo of all of the above, but *something* during that time frame is what brings on the Bh's! and yes, they piddle out soon after the show is over and I am falling asleep for the night. (although one night they kept me up until 1 am! argh!) otherwise, no prelabor symptoms at all and just10 days to duedate!

Our next appointment is this friday at 39w1d gestation, *if* we don't have baby before then, which i really doubt we will...*sigh* but who knows? Joe jokes about baby being a week late and having a December birthday. Megan was born one day shy of my own birthday, I will forever have a "birthday buddy" because of it! I think Joe has wanted to share hisbirth month with one of our children as well, so i know if that were to happen it would really be a blessing to him...I on the other hand just don't know if i could make it another 3 weeks! the way this baby continues growing, the way my belly can seem to only be contained with Joe's clothing and none of my own cuts it anymore lol...

i can wait another week, maybe even two...but 3 is *really* pushing it for me...

Just what does this little man have in store for us???

okay, updated photos! one on left is from 37 weeks, one on right is at 38 weeks: