My Big Fat Belly - 37 Weeks

How I'm Feeling at 37 weeks: Thankfully, I'm still feeling pretty good. I'm sleeping decent for being over 9 months pregnant, so that's a plus. I haven't been feeling very many Braxton Hick's contractions over the past week or so. My only complaint/pain that I'm experiencing now is menstral-like cramping and groin pains. They are like really bad period cramps that don't stop for an hour or so (sometimes they just come and go). The groin pain just about brings me to my knees sometimes. It's like I get a cramp in my groin muscles when I walk so it just takes me out all of a sudden. I asked the doctor about it and she told me that it's just from hormones causing my pelvis to open up so that Savannah can drop down more. The pains led to me going in to my doctor's office to be checked on Tuesday afternoon but I wasn't in labor and I was still at 1.5 cm.

Doctors Appointment/Progress: I went to my 37 weeks appointment yesterday. Savannah and I are still doing really well. All the little measurements and tests they do looked great so there are no worries. Dr. S checked my cervix again just to see if anything had changed since Tuesday and I was still at a solid 1.5cm. I was totally expecting that since I haven't been feeling very many BH contractions. So that was that.

Kinda big news....There is an end in sight! Dr. S and I decided yesterday that if I haven't had Savannah on my own by 39 weeks, I will be induced on Saturday, May 19th!!!!! I'm so excited to say that in 2 weeks or less we will be holding our baby girl in our arms!!! So if I don't go into labor sometime in the next 2 weeks on my own Chase and I will be heading to the hospital bright and early that Saturday morning to be induced. EEEK! I'm so excited!!!

Baby's Size at 37 weeks:

Savannah is now about the size of a Watermelon and considered FULL TERM!! Yay!!

I forgot to have Dr. S guess how much she weighs at this appointment but I'm still going to guess that she is somewhere around 6-7lbs. I was looking back at my belly pictures from my pregnancy with BR and I think I may have been a little bigger at 37 weeks with her than I am at 37 weeks with Savannah. BR was born 7lb10oz at 39 weeks, so that's why I'm guessing that Savannah is more like 6lbs right now.

What I'm looking forward to: Going into labor sometime soon or at least being induced in 2 weeks. I'm so happy to know that there is a for sure end (I mean I know the date) that I will no longer be pregnant and I will get to see our sweet baby girls face. These next 2 weeks are going to test my patience so please pray with me that I can relax and just enjoy myself while we wait for Savannah's big debut. Thanks!

Belly pic at 37 weeks:

You can visit HERE to see my 37 week belly post during my pregnancy with Brantley Rae and compare my size if you'd like.

Okay I'll be back next week with 38 weeks belly post unless by some chance I deliver before then. Stay tuned!!