Update…

We are still on for Tuesday 6pm! We had an ultrasound yesterday at MUSC, but Mary Clare was so big, you couldn’t really see much, and her head was so far down, and face to my back that we didn’t even get a good picture of her face. We could see her dark hair floating through the amniotic fluids, so it looks like she has hair!! She weighs 7lbs 9oz at this point and has chubby cheeks, the ultrasound tech said.

They also monitored her heart and my contractions. Her heart rate looked great and I had lots of contractions, just not in any consistent pattern. In fact, another pregnant lady beside me, also being monitored and also 38 weeks along, kept telling me when one was about to happen, and kept asking me if they hurt. (Her contraction line was a completely straight line…she was amazed.) Of course, I didn’t feel a thing, but as soon as she told me a big one was coming, I would think it hurt a bit. It reminded me of Mel, eyes glued to the monitor in the delivery room with McCanless telling me that I was about to hurt in 5..4..3..2..1 seconds….as if I didn’t feel it myself.