My Italian-American grandfather had several sayings that were unique to him. One of my favorites was "you've got good genes." Even now I can hear his voice in my head saying that to me. It was Grandpa's funny way of taking credit for everything. He lived with my mother for the last five years of his life, until he was 95, and whenever I'd come home from college and tell him about my good grades or a difficult class that I'd passed, he would toss his hands up in the air, shrug his shoulders, and say "well, you've got good genes," as if that explained it all. Going to all these doctors has turned my pregnancy into a very scary time for BA and me. But I know if my Grandpa were here, he'd tell us not to worry about the Peanut because, well, "she's got good genes." And it's true. She does.
Scary doctor measured the baby again today. She's growing but still small. She weighs 4 lbs. 9 oz. and I'm 34 weeks along. The doctor was just okay with this measurement, but I was thrilled! That's not far off from 5 lbs. and if I can get her to 5 lbs. 8 oz. then she won't have to spend time in Intensive Care when she's born. And Peanut was moving around like crazy again. She elbowed the ultrasound wand so hard the sonographer started laughing. She said it had been a long time since she'd had a baby do that. I said, you should feel it when she kicks - that elbow was nothing.
I think that is news worth celebrating! She is going into the home stretch nice and strong!
ReplyDeleteAs I said on voice mail to you today, we need to change "peanut" to "cantelope". J
ReplyDeleteCertainly can't argue with Grampa's logic, Peanut's got nothing to worry about. I like to claim the family genius title, but we all know it was really him.
ReplyDeleteThat is great that she is growing well. We are still praying for a sweet, healthy baby!! You are in the home stretch now. You will be snuggling with her so soon!!
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