Closing the gap... 37 weeks down, 3 to go

Well I'm heading down the home stretch....at 37 weeks and 2 days as of today. I started my weekly visits last week and things are still progressing well. I'm still gaining weight, which at this point, I wish I would stop, even though I am doing so much better then I was when pregnant with Aiden. And I have no signs of labor as of yet- so not dilating and not effaced and JP has not dropped. No surprise to me. The doctors say since it's my second that can change quickly, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

I had an ultrasound around 34 weeks and JP is a little peanut. He's measuring small and was estimated to be in 25-30% for weight for his fetal age at 4lbs 12 oz then. No reason for concerns, but it might change my induction date as they would like to him to gain a little more weight for the time being. So I'll probably go sometime towards the end of the week of the 20th or on my due date the 27th. It's a week by week thing now.

Also, there was some amazing and break thru news in limb lengthening care. These fabulous doctors (Dr. Standard and Dr. Herzenberg) from Sinai Hospital created and got FDA approval on an internal fixator, which could be great news for Jonathan's future.

Right now when limb lengthening surgeries occur, patients are in a external fixator (pic below) for long stretches of time and there are pins that go into the leg's bone, which need to be turned. From what I hear, it can be painful and there are possibility of infection. This new internal fixator would make life "easier" for all these children/adults with Fibular Hemimelia.

Here's the article of it Sinai Hospital Surgeons Codevelop First Remote-Control Leg Lengthening Implant Cleared by the FDA |.