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Icing on the Cake

The ultrasound yesterday estimated (with a +/-20% margin of error) that baby boy weighs 6lbs, 9oz and baby girl weighs 7lbs, 5 oz. Derek and I guess these estimates might be a little high, but at a minimum they are likely at least 6-6.5lbs each. Dr. Platek, the perinatologist, is very happy! She said if I go into labor at this point that they will not try to stop it. She called these days that I go beyond 35 weeks "icing on the cake". Their lungs are developed by now, but any extra time in utero will help them better regulate their own temperatures and help the suck-swallow-breathe reflex once they are born.

Because baby girl is still breech, Dr. Gibbs has scheduled the C-section for 10/22 at 11:30am. Neither Dr. Platek nor Dr. Gibbs think I will make it that far, but I remain an optimist as I take it as easy as possible. Now that I have wrapped up all my work stuff, the cats and I have been doing a lot of snuggling the last few days...


I have started working on their baby books, packing my bag for the hospital, and dealing with paperwork and such that I have been putting off for awhile. I got a massage this morning and it is a rainy day, so the yankee candle is lit and I am again snuggled in for the day.
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