Week 37 Appointment: She Whips Her Hair Back and Forth

We were busy finishing up the nursery last night, so I didn't post about our appointment. Everything is still great. My blood pressure was good. I'd lost a pound, possibly due to the reopening of the swimming pool and greater effort to cook healthy meals. At 37 weeks, Elsie is considered full term, so if she came right now she wouldn't be premature. During the ultrasound, she breathed like a pro. Our ultrasounds have been long because Elsie has been lethargic; it takes a while for her to move enough to pass the BPP. She's not always lethargic. She's a maniac in the car on the way to the appointment and in the waiting room and tires herself out before the ultrasound. Last week we tried eating closer to the appointment time to see if she would still be energized from lunch, but it didn't work. So this time we ate in the waiting room, and I saved my Wendy's Frosty for the ultrasound. It kind of worked. She didn't go wild, but she started moving her head around so that her hair was swaying in the amniotic fluid. If I could float in water while eating a Frosty, I would do exactly the same thing. :) Whipping her hair back and forth was sufficient movement to pass the BPP, and it was kind of cute. Elsie is still head-down but is having trouble getting comfortable in her increasingly cramped quarters. She rolled over last week--it was painful--and got herself smushed up in a funny position. The ultrasound tech said it's not a dangerous position, but it didn't look all that comfortable. Apparently, Elsie agreed. She rolled again last night--painful again--and probably returned to something like the previous position. I'm hoping that the discomfort encourages her to seek larger living quarters. It will be like moving from a studio apartment to a mansion (or a warehouse--our house isn't fancy and is full of stuff). :)