Monday, August 25, 2008

35 weeks

5 weeks, 35 days left!

I'm starting to get more and more uncomfortable now, now that this kid is HUGE probably! haha. He is VERY clearly out of room now.

He can come pretty much at anytime now, cause I'm ready. This weekend me and my mom went shopping for the final items I needed, those are all washed and folded. We just needed to put the car seat in the car and set up his swing, bouncer, and pack n play.

Here is me in all of my hugeness:




At about 20 inches and five and a half pounds (but with about five more weeks to grow), most of your baby's growth over the next month or so before you meet will be in weight (with a gain of anywhere from one pound to several), not height (baby's pretty much reached the in utero limit in that department). Accordingly, fat continues to accumulate at a rapid pace these days (on baby, not just on your hips). Back in the middle of your pregnancy, your baby's weight was made up of only two percent fat; now that percentage has soared to closer to 15 percent (and will increase to 30 percent at term). Which means your baby's once skinny arms and legs are now quite plump…and irresistibly, squeezably soft.

Also continuing to grow at an amazing pace is your baby's brain power. Luckily, the part that surrounds that amazing brain — the skull — remains soft. And for good reason: A soft skull will allow your baby to squeeze more easily through the birth canal. (Mother Nature was really thinking this one through — imagine trying to push out a rock-hard head…ouch!)

from whattoexpect.com

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