Week 37

Forty inches around and weighing in at 22 pounds heavier than she was 37 weeks ago, Christina is officially tired of waitin' on Abby. Even though our due date is still three weeks away, Abby is considered full term now! She probably weighs about 6 pounds and is around 19-20 inches long, head to heel, at this point. Unless she's going to be a baldy when she's born, she's probably sporting a full head of hair by now. Her movements are slowing as she's run out of room inside her mom, but she still finds ways to turn over and stretch a little foot out of Christina's right side on occasion. Abby's powerful hiccups are still a daily occurrence, and as big as she is now, they do a number on Christina's bladder!

We'll see the doctor weekly from here on out, and all reports from this week's visit came back positive. Abby remains in her head-down position, but doesn't seem to have "dropped" much yet--she'll descend lower into Christina's pelvis as she gets closer to time for delivery. The false contractions that serve as a precursor to the real thing are getting more powerful, a good sign that Christina's body is doing what it should as it prepares for labor and delivery.

The parents-to-be, meanwhile are getting ever more anxious waiting for our little girl to arrive! We can hardly remember what it felt like to be 30 weeks away from delivery--the suspense of 3 weeks is driving us crazy! We talk to Abby daily, and have recently taken to telling her more about how great life outside the womb is, hoping to coax her out with promises of cute pink onesies and breathing real air.

Please pray with us that Abby and Christina would enjoy a safe and healthy delivery when the time comes, and for wisdom for the doctors, nurses and midwives as they coach Justin and Christina through this big event! (And if you want to pray that Abby would arrive in time to prevent a Week 38 update, that would be okay too!)

Just killing time 'til the time comes,
Justin, Christina & Abby :)