Ironic??

Is it ironic that I'm walking in the March for Babies this weekend?

I had my OB appointment this morning and the doctor told me that I'm measuring small. I'll be 35 weeks tomorrow and I'm measuring around 31 weeks. She scheduled an ultrasound at my next appointment to take a look to see if everything is ok.

She said I could be measuring small for a number of reasons.
(1) The baby may be tightly curled up in my uterus.
(2) She could have dropped.
(3) The placenta may not be functioning at 100% capacity.
(4) I could have low amniotic fluid {from here...the rest of this paragraph is what I learned on the internet and was not mentioned by my doctor}(- which turns out to be a fairly uncommon thing called oligohydramnios. The treatment is usually rest and can include steroid shots to increase the fluid. I would be monitored with ultrasounds every week to make sure there was an adequate supply of fluid. Most often a spike or flux in blood pressure indicates low amniotic fluid, but mine has remained steady at 100/62 roughly since I first got pregnant. So, it's all speculation. I'm sure that for the next two weeks it's going to bother me, but keep your fingers crossed!

The doctor told me not to worry. I can't help but think that it's the low amniotic fluid problem because when this baby moves I can literally feel her bones and often it's very uncomfortable. (In some of the stories I read online I learned that when the babies move it can be agonizing for the moms.)

Will reassured me that if there was a really big problem the doctor would have sent me for an ultrasound today. He's probably right.

On my way out the door the doctor told me that it's probably nothing and reminded me that if they had to induce at any point now (even today) the baby would be fine. I'll be exactly 37 weeks at my next appointment and that is considered full term. I've been saying all along that I think this baby is coming early! Maybe I should look up names that mean early and see if we like anything!