Little Guy Ain't so Little

Despite my doctor's insistence last week that I am the "perfect" size--not too big, not too small--I have felt rather large for being about 6 months pregnant. I think I've been around a lot of small pregnant ladies recently, and it's hard not to compare your size to theirs. There is one woman in my prenatal yoga class who is due at the end of November--2+ months before me--and she is only a hair bigger than me right now. The Ulrich clan keeps taunting me with true tales of 9 and 10 pound babies (one of whom was my husband!), and I'm starting to think that PadThai may be on the "Baby Ginormo" track.

I am 26 weeks along in this journey, and had myself another ultrasound today, just to make sure everybody--me and he--are growing as planned. And, not to my surprise, PadThai is large. . .not super large. . .just 10 ounces more than most babies are at 26 weeks in utero. The doc estimates he's about 2 pounds, 10 ounces now. . .and most babies measure about 2 pounds at this stage. Other than his largeness, he looks perfect in all other ways. He was practicing his "breathing" by moving his diaphragm, and he yawned for us. . .he must take after both of his Grandpas.


Here's a portrait of PadThai from this morning. . .that's his head laying horizontal, looking straight at you. And there's a shoulder or arm on the left side of the frame. We think he's pretty handsome.