39 Weeks...

My sister Melissa came over to take some pictures of me and my belly on Monday... (see attached picture) They really turned out great. I'll be getting some enlarged so that I can get it framed and put it on the wall in bub's room.

I had my 39 week OB appointment yesterday and was happy to find out that bub is now engaged and I am 1 1/2 to 2cm dialated. The OB has booked me in to the hospital Wednesday evening next week to start the induction process. This will be done by using prostaglandin gel to soften the cervix and hopefully start labour. If this is not successful then I will be given a drip of syntocinon. Hopfully bub decides to come naturally but if not then we will definitely have a baby by end of next week. It is really hard to believe that after 9 months of waiting we will finally get to meet our baby girl face to face.

Popp Jnr's development at 39 weeks... The average baby is about 20.5 inches / 51 centimetres long from head to toe and weighs approximately 7.5 pounds / 3.4 kilograms at birth, but anywhere between 5 pounds 11.5 ounces and 8 pounds 5.75 ounces / 2.5 and 3.8 kilograms is a healthy range for newborns. Amniotic fluid, once clear, is now pale and milky from bub's shedding vernix caseosa. The outer layers of skin are also sloughing off as new skin forms underneath.