Let the shopping commence

Following today’s check-up with the specialist all is looking good. There has been no change in my cervix and Noddy is an estimated 3lb 4oz, so growing nicely.  I’ve just had a quick look on babycentre.com and at 28 weeks gestation they give an estimated weight of 2.25 lb. It’s not until 31 weeks they give an estimated weight of 3lb 3oz. 

While this weight is giving me a huge comfort should Noddy decide to make an early entrance, at the same time its filling me with some fear if he’s not born until 38-40 weeks as he’s on track to be a pretty hefty fellow. Having previously delivered a 5lb 10 oz baby, to me full term babies are better in small(er) packages.  However, after all the trauma of this pregnancy this  would be a nice problem to have as I approach full term.

Today’s growth scan did reveal that there hasn’t been any change in the choroid plexus cyst on Noddy’s brain.  The doctor said that while this is unusual as she’s always seen these cysts shrinking by 28 weeks, it’s not necessarily anything to be concerned about. She’s still fairly confident that it will shrink and she’s reassured that it’s not growing.  Also, as it was discovered at 24 weeks, rather than at 20 weeks which is more common, it could just be that it’s all happening a little later.

So hearing today’s good news I’ve now reached one of my own personal milestones – shopping.  This afternoon I’m all set to start buying. Whilst I don’t need any baby clothes or baby linen, I need to start buying things such as monitor, bottles and feeding accessories and a few wall decals etc for his room. It also means that I can begin to unpack some of the additional boxes of baby paraphernalia that we’ve hung on to over the years. It’s all beginning to get quite exciting.

The other good news is that the doctor said I can increase activity slightly – although I’ve already done this, so probably best to keep it more or less at the same level that I’ve been at for the past few days. She was not concerned that I’d made a few trips to friends house/airport etc and as long as I’m not walking too far, and predominantly sitting down I can begin to do things that might relieve the boredom slightly.  I therefore feel a trip to the cinema coming on to see Sex and the City II with my mother in law. 

Now, where’s my credit card…..