Your baby is gaining about an ounce a day. She now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. She's shedding most of the downy hair that covered her body, as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that protected her skin during her nine-month amniotic bath. Next week, your baby will be considered full-term. Most likely she's in a head-down position, but if she isn't, your practitioner may suggest scheduling an external cephalic version, where she'll try to turn your baby by manipulating her from the outside of your belly.
We will find out tomorrow what position the baby is in and talk with our doctor about our birth plan. The key word in our plan is flexibility. We plan to go with the flow as much as possible and not be stuck to a "It has to go this way" kind of plan. If there is anything Jeff and I have learned from this pregnancy it is that we can't plan everything and once you do life throws you a curve ball. (I am sure this lesson will continue once Baby Brausen arrives!)
I am feeling really good! A few aches and pains, but overall feeling fine! :)
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