It's a...

GIRL!!!

I had my ultrasound on Friday and I got to see my beautiful baby GIRL that is now due on June 23rd because she's a porky two pounds! I'm unsure how I feel about changing my due date. While I don't know exactly when I conceived, I find it hard to believe that I was pregnant that long without knowing it. My biggest fear is that, as usual, I just have a big baby that looks like it should be due earlier than we thought, but isn't ready to be born until it's original due date. However, with changing the due date, a baby that isn't born until the beginning of July is going to look like it's quite a bit overdue, when it really is just larger than your average baby, but developmentally, is right where it's supposed to be at term. The further past your due date you go, the higher chance that the doctor is going to want to induce. They start pushing it at a week overdue (which will be June 30th) and basically force you to do it at two weeks past your due date, which will be July 7th, which if you go by my LMP is only two days overdue. So, my concern is that the doctor will start pushing for an induction when really, the baby just isn't ready to be born yet and while it's completely my choice, what if this due date IS right and I really DO go two weeks overdue, at which point the infant mortality rate rises significantly.

Everything looked good on the ultrasound, with the excpetion of some fibroids, which I will be discussing with my doctor on Friday. As long as we monitor their growth and they don't grow too much, they shouldn't pose any problems. :)

I'm so excited to be having another little girl!