Haven't updated in a while, as hubby and I recently made a cross-country move and we're just getting caught up from that. I'm now in the process of looking for a doctor or midwife here in my new town - I'm planning to meet with 3 or 4 before we decide - and of trying to make some kind of general plan for having this baby.
Met with obstetrician #1 today, and there's good news and bad news.
The good news: Baby's already in head-down position. The doc said he might move again, but he probably won't. I can't imagine there's room for all sorts of spinning or flipping maneuvers in there anymore.
The bad news: The baby (or rather, my uterus) is surprisingly big. Due to the fact that my first two trimesters of medical records are from Canada, where they put the month and day in random orders when they write out dates numerically, the doctor had to do a double-take to see if the first ultrasound was done on October 11 or November 10. When she realized it was the latter, and that I was a month less pregnant than she thought, she was very surprised by the fundal height measurement and she ordered up an ultrasound to check on fetal size. I've felt gigantic lately (and think I look much larger than a similarly pregnant friend), so I can't say that I'm surprised, but that's a bummer. I'm pretty sure about when the baby was conceived, so this definitely won't make birthing this kid any easier! The ultrasound is in two weeks, so I guess we'll find out then if it's a big baby and/or too much amniotic fluid or something like that. I'll also have a gestational diabetes test before then.
