How your baby’s growing:
Your baby now weighs about 2 1/2 pounds (like a squash) and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. Her muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and her head is growing bigger to make room for her developing brain. To meet her increasing nutritional demands, you’ll need [...]
Archive for August, 2009
31 Aug
Baby’s Size…Weeks 29-32
26 Aug
28 Weeks
How far along? 28 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: Not exactly sure.
Maternity clothes? You bet.
Sleep: Weird dreams, but good sleep.
Best moment this week: Finishing all my paintings and craft projects.
Movement: Yes. Lots and lots. I’m starting to be able to distinguish her body parts.
Food cravings: Nothing.
Gender: GIRL!!
Belly Button in or out? I guess it is half and half.
What I miss: Shirts that fit.
What [...]
24 Aug
Baby’s Size…Week 28
How your baby’s growing:
By this week, your baby weighs two and a quarter pounds (like a Chinese cabbage) and measures 14.8 inches from the top of her head to her heels. She can blink her eyes, which now sport lashes. With her eyesight developing, she may be able to see the light that filters in [...]
20 Aug
27 Weeks
How far along? 27 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: Around 17 pounds total.
Maternity clothes? Yes and they weren’t kidding when they said you would get sick of them fast!
Sleep: Still pretty good. I haven’t gotten up in the middle of the night to pee at all, but sometimes I wake up because I am not comfortable.
Best moment this week: Seeing [...]
19 Aug
Baby’s Size…Week 27
How your baby’s growing:
This week, your baby weighs almost 2 pounds (like a head of cauliflower) and is about 14 1/2 inches long with her legs extended. She’s sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing her eyes, and perhaps even sucking her fingers. With more brain tissue developing, your baby’s brain is very [...]
17 Aug
Not Looking Forward to…
taking the glucose test tomorrow. I have to drink this real sugary drink (which I’ve heard is not very good) and then wait an hour for them to draw my blood. It’s basically to check for gestational diabetes, a high blood sugar condition that some women get during pregnancy. The idea is to see how efficiently [...]
12 Aug
26 Weeks
I had my first appointment with the new doctor yesterday. He seems really nice and went over everything. He did mention that they wanted to change my due date, and my other doctor never got a chance to tell me. So now I am technically due on the 20th of November instead of the 15th, but [...]
10 Aug
Baby’s Size…Week 26
How your baby’s growing:
The network of nerves in your baby’s ears is better developed and more sensitive than before. She may now be able to hear both your voice and your partner’s as you chat with each other. She’s inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid, which is essential for the development of herlungs. [...]
5 Aug
25 Weeks
How far along? 25 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: I have no idea and I’m kind of scared to find out.
Maternity clothes? Yep.
Sleep: I am still sleeping great.
Best moment this week: I’ve been doing some crafty decor stuff for her room. It’s been fun work.
Movement: Yep, especially after I eat.
Food cravings: House Blend Cafe southwest turkey sandwhich.
Gender: GIRL!!
Belly Button in or out? In, [...]
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