Tove- It's funny that you mention an onion being smaller than an avocado because I was just thinking that yesterday! When I turn a new week, I visit thebump's website to see what fruit or vegetable I am. When I saw that I am an avocado this week, I looked down to next week and I thought, "Huh? An onion?" I figured that must be a pretty large onion. lol
I think knowing gender does have me thinking about names more. I think also because way early in the pregnancy my husband and I sat down and discussed names. For a boy, we had picked out "Grant Deen" without question. Actually, I picked it out and he loved it. But we couldn't settle on a girl's name. I figured that I'd probably end up with a girl for that reason! But now that the only name we'd both thought of (Carolyn) is out, I'm trying to come up with another name that I just love. I guess I just keep hoping she doesn't arrive without a name ready. I'm sure she won't. My husband has reminded me that there is still plenty of time.
Christina- In both of my pregnancies, my babies have measured a week behind. My son should have been due on July 14th, but he measured being due on July 21st on ultrasounds. In the end, it didn't matter much as he arrived on July 8th being 7 lbs 6 oz and 20 inches long showing that he was probably closer to his original due date than those ultrasound due dates. I also had an ultrasound right before he was born to check fluid levels and they said he would be was 9 lbs!
This time, my LMP would have me due on March 30th. I decided to put myself back some so I wouldn't be disappointed. So, I took the day that I got my BFP. I figured it to be 4 weeks, and I figured out a due date of April 4th from there. Still, at my early ultrasound, they put me back to April 8th. But at my private scan. Baby's femur length was measuring a day ahead of that being 15+3. And then, another measurement (I can't remember what because she didn't count it as important as femur length) measured at 16 weeks. So, it's not really exact. I say that as long as you are having strong symptoms and they can find the heartbeat, everything is good. All babies grow at a different rate.
But being put back 2 times in a row now, I know it is not fun at all. I'm so jealous of the people who get put ahead. I'd like that to happen to me for once.
Dini-I hope you can get some sleep and get some energy back! I haven't had a doctor's ultrasound measure anything different yet; just a private scan. They probably won't change anything unless their own ultrasound shows a significant difference. Even then, I think they only change the due date if it is a week or more off. We'll see. I still think this baby is due closer to my original due date.
I hope everyone is having a great day and pregnancies are all going well. I think I just discovered last night that this baby might be territorial of my belly! HA! My son was never that way. Whenever someone would touch my belly, he'd just stop moving. It was very rare that anyone would get the opportunity to feel him moving from the outside, but they could often see him.
Well, last night, I was reading my son a story and he had one leg draped over my stomach. Baby was going crazy in there moving so much that I was surprised my son couldn't feel it. I moved his leg for a second to see if I could feel it from the outside, but she stopped. Then, my husband had his arm around me in bed last night over my belly and baby was having a fit in there! She is still so small that she can't be felt from the outside, but I can sure feel her going crazy on the inside!