Week 36/37 Update

Had the first of the weekly appointments today with the doctor.
This is both a good thing and a colossal pain in the ass.
It is good in that it means that we are down to the final count.
It is a colossal pain in the ass in that I have to go the doctor EVERY WEEK.
And this isn't your typical drive-thru appointment any more.
No, we have reached, well lets just say, the more invasive portion of our programming.
Good times.

As for today -- well, it was kinda cool. We had to get an ultrasound to confirm that he was head down.
He was.
But we got some more pics of the little leprechaun. They are a little harder to make heads or tails from because he is so scrunched up in there. They are on the Flickr site (link on the left)
But we confirmed the following:
He is in fact, still a he. Good thing -- we have lots of boy-centric stuff.
He has a head full of hair. The real question, what color will have to remain a mystery. I still think dark.
He was sucking his thumb -- again. In EVERY ultrasound picture we have, that hand is up by his mouth.
We were not allowed to find out how big he is. The tech said the doctors don't want them sharing the news because it has freaked out too many women. In either way -- too big or too small. All she would say is that he is on track.
Whatever that means.
So now begins the all important, really exciting waiting part of our program.
Like the last 7.5 months HAVEN'T been about waiting?!?!?
Meanwhile, I get to get poked and prodded from the inside out -- and its not that comfortable or cute anymore.
Hiccups = annoying.
Constant moving = total inability to focus on what it is I am doing.
And for the record, there is nothing more distracting that sitting in a meeting and watching my ID badge dance all over my stomach as he moves around.

Ok - back to work. Need to leave right on time today as we have a TON to do around the house in preparation for the onslaught of family this week.

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