Week 33 Ultrasound

I had my final ultrasound last week. Baby Ben is a lot bigger! I had obviously been feeling him get larger, as his movements have changed and I've been feeling hiccups. I also can see large bulges on my stomach when he moves around. Josh and I can usually figure out where his feet and butt are located too - which is exciting. On the ultrasound last Friday, I did not get to see his face. Like at the week 27 ultrasound, his face was hidden facing my back, so I'll have to wait until he is born. We were able to see a slight angle of his cheek, and he is developing getting body fat! His weight estimate (which could be plus or minus a pound) is 4 pounds, 13 ounces - almost 5 pounds!

Here's a blurry picture of the ultrasound image. It is of his spine, since we couldn't get an image of his face... but I'm sure we'll take plenty of other pictures once he's born!

 

We're now in week 34. We are in our Prepared Childbirth class on Monday nights, which includes Lamaze. Sometimes Josh finds it very hard to keep a straight face and tries to make me laugh. I usually have to look away from him when we are practicing pain management techniques. We also had our Newborn Care class last night. We learned how to swaddle the baby using a doll and also changed a diaper (something I had done before - just a long time ago when I used to babysit). Josh kept on messing with the doll - but at least he wasn't the only spouse there to do so!