Pregnancy Update: Week 39

We started off week 39 at Dr. Peters' office on Wednesday, the 29th of December. He is a perinatologist recommended by Dr. Ramos to get another weight check on baby Brooklyn. The tech calculated that Brooklyn's weight was estimated to be 7 lbs 13 oz as of that date. I was a bit shocked but then she proceeded to tell us that the estimate could be as much as 19 ounces off. I don't think we have changed our minds about how to go forward with labor and delivery after our discussion with Dr. Peters. He said Brooklyn's size should not be a factor. We talked about the same risk factors we talked about with Dr. Ramos and Dr. Staud, but there hasn't been any medical reason to go straight to a c-section at this point.
On Thursday night, I had contractions every 10 minutes for a couple of hours but they didn't seem to intensify or get closer together. Then again on Tuesday morning from 4:30 - 5:30 AM every 10 minutes. The ones on Tuesday were more painful than the others. It could be because I was in bed, but they stopped or became less frequent after that hour. All I can hope is that these contractions are helping me progress in some way. We go back to the doctor tomorrow to see Dr. Ramos.

Although, I haven't cleaned any baseboards yet, there has been a lot of organization, catching up from the holidays and finishing projects over the last few days. I haven't required naps quite as often (except for the two days I only slept about four hours at night).

I can't wait to meet my baby girl and start to learn her personality. Will she be a sleeper like her big sister or out spoken from the beginning?!? Will she look like Makena in any way? Will her little eyes be blue like daddy's or brown like mommy's? Will she have hair? So many questions but I guess we will have our answers pretty soon. May God continue to hold her in His hands as we go through this transition.