Baby Checkup- Week 33

On Friday we went to the doctor for our checkup. Once again they strapped the heart monitor and thing to detect contractions on to my belly to check the heartbeat. The heartbeat was perfectly normal and there were no signs of contractions. (I also have not noticed any so I wasn't expecting to have any then either). My hemoglobin was low which means that I am not getting enough iron so the doctor prescribed some iron for me to take. Although, don't worry Mom, it wasn't too low, it was just right at the border and he is not concerned about it.

He did another ultrasound and I asked him once again to let us know if he can tell if it's a boy or a girl. He acted like he had no idea that we didn't know already. He said, "Oh, you didn't find out at the specialist?" (which was back in September) He apparently doesn't remember all the other times I have been there asking him to look and to tell us. :) Anyway, I felt like he looked really really thoroughly this time. He was able to find the place of much secrecy, but still could not really tell us if it was a boy or a girl. He said, "Well, it could be a boy, but I can't be sure. Then he pointed out that even in girls at this late in the development, they tend to get swollen up in that area due to hormones so that it doesn't really look like a girl. I had never heard that before, but anyway... we still don't know. But you know what? The baby is going to be here before we know it and we will definitely know then! It might be fun for it to be a surprise when it's born! So just in case you are holding on to the hopes that we will find out before the baby is born... please don't. I mean, we basically gave up that hope a while ago and are ok either way. We are just happy to know that the baby is healthy.

The doctor also said that the head is down and in the right position and I am not dilated at all yet. So, all was good and healthy which is wonderful to hear. We go back to the doctor in 2 weeks on December 14th! The appointments are getting closer and closer together! :)