33 Week Check-up

Yesterday Popcorn Mama went for her checkup.. I'm already 33 weeks 3 days.. just another 46 days to go!

Popcorn has grown around 700 grams since our last check-up three weeks ago and he's now 2.4kg. He's also already in a head down & anterior position.

According to a website I frequent, Babycentre.com, the best position for your baby to be in when you go into labour is head down, with the back of his head slightly towards the front of your tummy. In this position, he fits snugly into the curve of your pelvis and it's easy for him to move gently down during labour. When he gets to the bottom of your pelvis, he turns his head slightly so that the widest part of his head is in the widest part of your pelvis. The back of his head can then slip underneath your pubic bone, and, as he is born, his face sweeps across the perineum, which is the tissue between the back of the vagina and your back passage.

A baby who has the back of his head towards the front of his mother's abdomen is described as being in an anterior position. Labour is nearly always shorter and easier if the baby is anterior.

So, my dear Popcorn, do be good & stay in this position till you're all ready to pop ok?