Kate’s doctor called back after the ultrasound Tuesday, and this time the news was all good– FutureBaby appears very healthy, and everything is as it should be.<\/p>\n
There was one interesting little quirk, though, having to do with the weight. Kate mentioned last night that FutureBaby’s estimated weight is in the 70th percentile for babies at this stage of development.<\/p>\n
My immediate reaction was “That’s all? What’s wrong?”<\/p>\n
Needless to say, this is not what Kate was thinking…<\/p>\n
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The difference is that the only place I’m used to encountering percentile ranks is with regard to standardized test scores, where I’m used to seeing numbers in the 90’s (except for my Physics GRE scores, but the less said about those, the better).<\/p>\n
Of course, I’m not the one who’s going to be giving birth, here, and Kate thinks that “bigger than 70% of other babies at this stage of development” is plenty big enough, thank you…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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