Sunday, November 13, 2011

30 Weeks

30 weeks- Carter is a big boy. I’ve had a feeling that he might be a big baby but everyone kept telling me there was no reason to think that. Apparently, mother’s intuition has already kicked in. He is currently weighing (according to the doctor’s and sonogram’s technician estimates) around
3 lbs. and 13oz. Most babies at this point are in the 50th percentile for weight at 30 weeks; Carter is in the 62nd percentile. But, no need for concern since my glucose test came back great, so no gestational diabetes. He’s just a big baby. I guess we’ll see if that’s going to come into play later on! I was a little disappointed with our last sonogram since this was supposed to be the best opportunity to get good 3D images. Our sonogram tech was a little rushed and Carter’s was not cooperative. He was sleeping and the tech woke him up with an “alarm clock” that vibrated and made a noise on my stomach. She didn’t give me much warning and Carter about jumped out of his skin and so did I. After that, it didn’t seemed to matter how I was poked, prodded or rolled,
Carter rolled with me. He did not want to accommodate anybody who so rudely woke him up. I guess he gets that from me. We were able to see his face briefly and I was right—he has my nose! We also think he has Shelby’s feet. He has hair that we could see floating around on the sonogram. I think it’s going to be dark, Shelby thinks it’ll be light. Every though the sonogram wasn’t what I expected or hoped for, I was reminded that it’s a luxury that our parents didn’t have. I’m grateful that I even know it’s a healthy boy; much less that he has my nose.