31 Week Update

It's been a few weeks since I posted a true profile shot so here it is (not sure why its fuzzy). I have now met all of the doctors in the new practice we switched to and I am happy with all of them. The last one, Dr. Penman was my favorite and if I got to choose who would be there to deliver it would definitely be him. He was great to meet with and offered up a lot of information without me having to ask a million questions. He gave us a run down of what to expect over the next few weeks and then took all the important measurements. The baby belly has exploded to 31 cm which is exactly on target and the heartbeat sounded great. Based on where I have been getting kicked and jabbed and Dr. Penman's assessment, Ringo is head down with his/her shoulders, elbows and rear end doing most of the damage. He/she moves constantly to the point where I have to stop whatever I am doing and try to talk him/her into settling down so I can get stuff done or try to sleep. Its been especially bad when I am in the car which has made for some long road trips recently. I swear I should be bruised! Ringo is currently weighing in at about 3.5 lbs and should be around 16 inches long so based on that, Dr. said if I go the full 40 weeks we should be looking at a nice healthy 7lb baby. Sorry, no changing your guesses now! We have made a lot of progress on the room and after this weekend, we will have a better idea of what we are missing and what else we need to be ready in terms of supplies. Hard to believe that our little baby will be here in less than 2 months! Since I am going to grow at a crazy fast pace for the next few weeks I will do better at posting photos and details. We will still visit the doctor every 2 weeks in August but after the last week in August we will be going every week until D-Day arrives. And yes... to those of you that said not to worry about gaining weight right away and that it will come eventually- you were right!