Houston, Nug has a birthday!!

[Lobodeb]

Sooooooooooooo glad to hear that he's growing.

[Samantha Puppy]

Sooooooooooooo glad to hear that he's growing.

Me too, but he's still in such a 'low' percentile compared to "normal" babies, I don't feel like anyone's listening to me (the sonographers) when I tell them how small Josh and I were at birth. All they see is percentiles that other babies are/should be in at this stage in the game and compare him to them. He's small, yes, but not abnormally so. The fundal height should be within 2 cms (or whatever measurement they use) of your gestational week. Last week, at week 35, he measured 33. THAT'S NORMAL!!! And Josh and I are tiny people! This baby was never destined to be gargantuan! I've found that that is the most frustrating thing to deal with now... along with the morons who look at me and say "You don't look pregnant at all!" or "You look like you're maybe 5 months along - not 9!" I'M EXACTLY THE SIZE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE!!!!

[Lobodeb]

Perhaps you'll appreciate his smaller (yet normal) frame during delivery. I was just measured yesterday and my little one came in weighing 5 lbs. 6 oz. I'll be 36 weeks in Friday. I weighed 8 lbs. 4 oz and my hubby weighed 8 lbs. 6 oz.

I look like I swallowed a basketball. There is a small part of me that's hoping for a c-section.

[Samantha Puppy]

Yeah, that's what the doctor said. While we were in the exam, Josh asked how long I'd be in the hospital and I said depending on the time of day I have him I'd be out on the 23rd as I get 48 hours in the hospital for a vaginal delivery. Then I added "Or I'll be out on Christmas Day if I have a c-section." The doctor started laughing and said "Not with this little guy! Are you nuts?" hehe

I know I've said this before, but I was 5 lbs. 4 oz. at birth (one week early) and Josh was 5 lbs. 9 oz. at birth (two days late). I'm now 5'2" and Josh is around 5'5" or 5'6". We're tiny people. Our kids will be tiny. My dad always said that if Josh and I got married (we started dating in '95 when we were 17), we'd have puppies because they'd be so small. Looks like Dad knew what was going on all along!

[Lobodeb]

My dad always said that if Josh and I got married (we started dating in '95 when we were 17), we'd have puppies because they'd be so small. Looks like Dad knew what was going on all along!

LOL!!!! Don't you hate it when they're right?

[CountryWolf07]

Awww. Congrats!

I know that my kids would probably be small if I have them.

[k9krazee]

Thats great!!!

[Christiansmommy]

Yeah, that's what the doctor said. While we were in the exam, Josh asked how long I'd be in the hospital and I said depending on the time of day I have him I'd be out on the 23rd as I get 48 hours in the hospital for a vaginal delivery. Then I added "Or I'll be out on Christmas Day if I have a c-section." The doctor started laughing and said "Not with this little guy! Are you nuts?" hehe

I know I've said this before, but I was 5 lbs. 4 oz. at birth (one week early) and Josh was 5 lbs. 9 oz. at birth (two days late). I'm now 5'2" and Josh is around 5'5" or 5'6". We're tiny people. Our kids will be tiny. My dad always said that if Josh and I got married (we started dating in '95 when we were 17), we'd have puppies because they'd be so small. Looks like Dad knew what was going on all along!

Christian was 5 lbs. 4 ounces at birth ( 9 days early). I was 5 lbs. 10 ounces. I am still small...5'2". Christian is now in the 75% for height and weight...so the size at birth really doesnt indicate the size as they mature. The only thing with having a baby so small...is they usually lose a few ounces before they return home, so with Christian, he ended up being 5 pounds 2 ounces the day we were going to take him home, and so we had to bring in his carseat and have him hooked up to monitors to simulate a car ride, to make sure he would be okay going home from the hospital, apparently they have a rule that if they don't pass that test ( being so little), then an ambulance would have brought him home ( which would have been no big deal). ANyway, that was the way our hospital worked, yours could be different.

Anyway, very happy for you...can't wait to see pics of the baby.