Here is the email I sent out to several family members. I was about 36w3d pregnant with Brayden:
Good morning!
Yesterday I had my 36 week appointment and sonogram. Brayden looks wonderfully healthy, his lungs, hearts, kidneys, etc all look fully developed and are functioning as they should. He is weighing in at 6lbs 7 oz, which is really only 1/2 lb more then he should...if I go all the way to my due date (40 weeks) they expect that he will be around 8lbs.
I am still 2cm dialated but am now 50% effaced. Effacement refers to the thinning of your cervix, and since I am already 50% effaced the Dr. said she could feel Brayden's head! According to her I have made good progress in just a week's time.
We talked about inducing, and at her practice they offer induction to their patients at 39 weeks, which for me would be Nov. 17th- However, she told me not to worry about induction because she thinks I will have delivered before then on my own =^) YAY!!! (which made me happy because I reallly really dont want to!!!) So for right now we are looking at Brayden arriving within the next 2 weeks!!! And hes not huge! Yay for me!
My next appointment is next Monday at 1:15pm- I will be 37 weeks which is considered full term =^)