Bren, hope you're feeling ok. My husband has been sick this week, and although we have been good about avoiding contact, I'm a bit worried about catching it from him. Luckily I don't have any symptoms yet.
I had an ultrasound on Thursday to check fetal weight, which was estimated at 8 lbs 2 oz. So all is ok there, but the crazy thing was all the measurements done that were so out of whack. The abdominal circumference was 97th percentile / 40+ weeks but the head and everything else was in the 37-38 week range. The head was 20th percentile! I know that difference happens commonly with GD (although I have been keeping my blood sugars in control with diet and exercise), and they start worrying about shoulder dystocia when the belly/shoulders are bigger than the head. But I also know that ultrasounds done this far along are often inaccurate, and the final report even mentions that the measurements can be off by 3 weeks! So I'm taking it all with a grain of salt and just being happy that the EFW is well under 9 lbs so they won't start offering me a c-section.
Friday morning was my 39 week appointment with the midwife and we reviewed the ultrasound. She was happy about the weight, measured my fundal height at just under 39 weeks and said the baby feels like it's about 8 lbs. She thought the other measurements were a bit concerning though, so went to talk to the OB on call. Before she left the room, she offered to strip my membranes. I was so caught off guard and hadn't really thought about that procedure, so she said she'd let me think about it while she talked to the OB. She came back in a bit later and first said the OB said a membrane sweep was probably not a bad idea, but also that the OB isn't concerned about the US measurements and usually only looks at the weight at this point. I assumed since the OB wasn't worried about it (and they would be the ones more likely to intervene), it's not that big of a deal. I declined the membrane sweep since I needed time to think about and process that.
The midwife also sent me to L&D to talk to anesthesia per my request at my previous appointment. I don't plan to use any drugs at all, but I do worry about ending up with an emergency c-section (especially if this baby's belly really is that much bigger and gets stuck) and being put under general anesthesia with my reactions from previous surgeries. All I really expected was to tell them to refer back to my last surgery within the same hospital system and use the same drugs, since I did pretty well with everything despite being under for over 6 hours. But the resident doctor actually talked to me for about 15 minutes, reviewed my past history, looked at all the notes and drugs used in the last surgery and talked about a plan. She also went to review everything with the attending anesthesiologist and he came in to talk to me for a few minutes as well. It's a pretty small chance that I end up with general anesthesia, but it's something that has been weighing on my mind and felt good to have a backup plan just in case it goes that way. We even discussed things they could give in the event I had an epidural or spinal. I thanked them for their time and said I hope I don't see them at all during labor! haha
Nothing new going on with labor feelings. My lower back was really sore last night after shopping for a couple hours, but of course I also wondered if it was contraction related. But nothing happened over night and my back is better today. So I'm back to waiting for something to happen.