At around 4 months I started taking "bump shots," mostly because at that point I was hopeful it didn't look like a beer belly anymore. Since then, I've taken monthly photos of the ever growing belly. I haven't gained as much weight as I thought I would, mostly because of four months of morning sickness, which included throwing up daily on my walk to or from work. This was even less glamorous as it sounds. However, the baby seems to be growing weight and then some. At my last two appointments in San Francisco, my doctor said that I was measuring about a week ahead (meaning the baby was about a week bigger than I guess the norm for that week). When I moved back to the east coast, my new doctor was very short of calling the baby a tubby. He wondered if I had twins and also told me half jokingly to lay off the bagels!
Of course, the next Dr at that practice (I have to go to see all of the Doctors there at least once because any one of them could be there at the delivery) said that the measurements could be flawed (they measure your stomach from your pubic bone to the top of your uterus with a measuring tape, and I guess if the baby is pushing up with her hand, she could make herself seem bigger) and that the ultrasound would tell. Well, last week I had an ultrasound and indeed, she seems like a big baby to me, although they seemed to think she is normal. She was at 4.7 pounds at one day shy of 32 weeks and was laying in breech position with her legs by her head. They took a 3D ultrasound which shows her Currie nose and cute chubby cheeks. I can't wait to meet the little tubby.
Here are some tummy shots:
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| 4 months |
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| 5 months |
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| 6 months |
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| 7 months |
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