Little baby or big baby?

After a day of visiting doctors...I received some encouraging news and some shocking news (well, to me at least).

First of all, the endocrinologist THINKS that I will not have to take the insulin shots anymore once the baby is born Wednesday. They will monitor my blood sugar in the hospital, as well as his, but some blood work that they did, didn't suggest that I will continue to be a diabetic after his birth. I guess anything could still happen, but that is the first GOOD thing I have heard in a while :o) Once I come home from the hospital, I'll still have to monitor my blood sugar for about a week, and send them those numbers, but as long as they are normal, then no more finger pricks or insulin injections for me.

Secondly, I had an interesting visit with the OB today. For the past 3 weeks, I have been checked by 3 DIFFERENT doctors and all have said that I am between 1-2cm dilated and thinning out and baby is engaged (which means real low...ready to do his thing). I of course by now have given up hope of going into labor and avoiding the dreaded c-section, but they continue to check me and give me this information just to torment me I'm convinced. Today was no different. HOWEVER. SHE said that "there's nothing going on". Meaning NO dilation or anything and that the baby is still HIGH! Now I didn't want to call her professional experience into question BUT hellllooooo 3 docs have said otherwise, one just this past Tuesday! So I just said "oh ok" cause it really doesn't matter.

THEN she did a lot of belly groping and said "wow, big baby. I'd say he's about 7 and a half pounds already". WHAT?!?!?!?! Now again, because of the c-section, I guess it really doesn't matter how big he is. BUT the high risk doc has said that she thinks he will be between 6-6.5 pounds next week when he's born. Of course it's all questionable and only birth will tell but that is two whole pounds difference! So now, I'm dying to know how big he is going to be!! THAT is going to be MY surprise. I know it's a boy, I know the day he's being born and approximately what time, and I know his name. SO the weight is the surprise I want the answer too! Oh. and IF he does end up being 8.5 pounds when he's born....do you realize that means IF I went to my due date, he'd be around 11 pounds?! C-section or not, THAT number makes me feel faint! lol

So place your bets now on how big YOU think he's going to be!