37 weeks pregnant

Well, that's it, I'm officially now "full term". I could have this little man any day and he should be fine.

It's been a funny week. Quite emotionally up and down. The downs mainly induced by toddler tantrums and my frustration over the position of the baby.

Speaking of which; I went to the GP on Wednesday with many hopes pinned on her either telling me that the baby is breech, I'll need a scan / turning procedure etc or the the baby is nicely head down and ready for action. Either way, the control freak in me would know exactly whats going on. So, after much prodding and poking of my belly it was concluded that yes, baby is head down, but the head was considered very high for this stage (she actually used the word "floating"!) and leaning to my left hand side (oblique), which basically looks something like this, apart from the fact that my baby is face down, back up:

It doesn't seem to have caused great concern and it was in fact the lack of action that bugs me the most. Surely a GP who has two children of her own must realise that a comment like "that's floating very high for this stage in pregnancy, we better see you at the same time next week" would cause a whole heap of concerns for a pregnant mother?

So, I'm back to see the midwife next Wednesday, when I'll be 37 + 5 to get her opinion. In the mean time I will continue to bounce on my birthing ball, go for lots of walks and sleep on my left hand side.



According to BabyCentre this week there are only two weeks or so to go! This week, my baby is busy shedding his downy coating of fine hair (called lanugo) and his coat of vernix caseosa — the cheesy substance that protects his developing skin. My baby swallows both of these secretions, which stay in the bowels until birth. Then he will excrete a blackish waste called meconium that becomes his first bowel movement. Meanwhile, I may be feeling huge — and increasingly impatient. But I'll try to get as much rest as possible —even if sleep is difficult, I'll appreciate it after the birth.

So, this is me, 37 weeks pregnant: