Lovely news on everyones scans and mat leave starting :).
I went for my weekly growth measurements at 35+3 (i'll caveat that the sonographer couldn't get a good angle on his belly so these could be wildly inaccurate) but they thought he suddently might be at 7% after a month of 3%?! I think he went to 4lbs 12oz on the screen, last week was 3lbs 14oz. Again, could be very very wrong as there is always a margin of error. Either way, we were told we get a one week reprieve. Next week will be the final measurement at 36+3 and we were told to definitely bring a hospital bag, as the amniotic fluid is under 4cm now, and should be 15+ so at somepoint between next Friday and Tuesday the little guy is coming out. It is still likely that there will be some NICU time, but every day he is in cooking longer is potentially less time there, and i'll take it with open arms. The sonographer also said she could see him practicing breathing on the scan which was throwing off her measurements, but to me, the fact he is doing that just makes me so happy. One more week of limited exercise, staying indoors out of the heat, sleeping, and eating all things protein. My toddler also said this morning "Mama is going to the hospital today, they are going to cut her open so I can meet the baby" so I was worried she had some weird creepy premonition, I was utterly taken back by the news when the doctor told us, it has been a minute since we've heard anything positive!