10/14 MD appt

First and foremost-Happy Birthday Granny!
Today's MD appointment was great. Baby is awesome as usual, 150 bpm and she's transverse, which I learned means she is lying almost diagonal across my stomach with her head turning to the lower left side and feet upwards of right side. She is beginning her turn downward for birth, just hasn't made it there quite yet. Dr thinks she will in the next 2 weeks or so. Also of note, baby girl is LONG. They didn't measure her but she is the length of my width according to ultrasound, with long legs. I guess that's what I get for procreating with a 6'3" tall man! And of course, as usual, baby girl was lying with her hard covered and butt sticking out, so we got a pretty picture of her bottom and confirmed again she is a girl. She's not bashful with that girl part, but her face is almost always hidden. I have gained a couple of more pounds and Dr said she is not in the least bit concerned about it, says I can gain 1-2 pounds per week for the rest of the time and she'll be fine with it, since I haven't gained much throughout, and most of what I gain now is going straight to baby and sack. She says I'll probably lose most of it with delivery. Swelling is still very minimal. Blood pressure still on the low side, so no problems there either. She says I'm still a very textbook pregnancy and she is more than pleased with all the good things going on. According to my due date, I'm about 5 weeks away, but we discussed again the fact that baby appeared to be a week or so early and she agreed, she thinks I'm more like 4 weeks away, but is maintaining the nov 23 due date. She says if things continue to go as they have been, textbook-like, she expects baby to turn in about 2 weeks and then delivery could be anytime after that, but she is looking at roughly 4 weeks. I go back in 2 weeks for pelvic exam and to measure baby for weight. Dr says she won't let her get too big so that we can be more assured of a safe healthy delivery. We'll know more in two weeks.
We've taken to calling baby girl Monkey Ninja because if she's not flipping around, she's kicking. As you can see by the time of this post (3:36 am) I'm awake because some little monkey has been moving and shaking and flipping and turning and doing all kinds of things for the past few hours. I did get a couple of hours of sleep, but she is not real fond of letting me sleep a lot. Oh, she sleeps fine from 8 am-noon, but after noon, it's on! She's a very active little girl. I guess she's got to be getting bored in there, but she's just gonna have to wait it out another few weeks, then she can kick, stretch, flip, do it all ever how often she wants--in her pack-n-play!