30 weeks

How your baby's growing?

Your baby's about 15.7 inches long now, and he weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage).

A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds him, but that volume will decrease as he gets bigger and takes up more room in your uterus. His eyesight continues to develop, though it's not very keen; even after he's born, he'll keep her eyes closed for a good part of the day. When he does open them, he'll respond to changes in light but will have 20/400 vision — which means he can only make out objects a few inches from her face.

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Baby Shower Pix Coming Soon!

29 1/2 Weeks

29 Weeks

How your baby's growing?

Your baby now weighs about 2 1/2 pounds - uh huh - (like a butternut squash) and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. His muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and his head is growing bigger to make room for his developing brain. To meet his increasing nutritional demands, you'll need plenty of protein, vitamins C, folic acid, and iron. And because his bones are soaking up lots of calcium, be sure to drink your milk (or find another good source of calcium, such as cheese, yogurt, or enriched orange juice). This trimester, about 250 milligrams of calcium are deposited in your baby's hardening skeleton each day.

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How your life's changing:
Your baby's very active now. Your health care provider may ask you to spend some time each day counting kicks and will give you specific instructions on how to do this . . . yada yada yada

Comments for Colleen:
So, I don't usually include the previous section at all (because it can be kinda icky and nothing icky ever happens to me), but . . . this kick count thing. Ok, come on people. My doctor has not yet told me to start this, but I am already thinking that it is just not going to work out. Why?
(1) Trey does not kick. He shudders. He rolls. He thrashes. He firmly "shoves." He spins around. He does modified jumping jacks (splaying arms, legs, etc. (. . . ?) outwards and then contracting back into a little ball). And, he (apparently) does "the worm," but he does not "kick" per se (much - although he does like to "march" from time to time).
(2) He does this all the time, 24 hours a day, for about 72 hours straight. Then, he takes a day off and does not move more than a few tiny shudders for about 24 hours (sounds kinda like P's schedule actually).

28 Weeks

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 his head to his heels. He can blink his eyes, which now sport lashes. With his eyesight developing, he may be able to see the light that filters in through your womb (so we went a sat in the sun this morning). He's also developing billions of neurons in his brain and adding more body fat in preparation for life in the outside world.

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Comments for Colleen:

I had a very productive week. I (1) Signed up for classes (Lamaze, Baby CPR, and Infant Care);

(2) Chose a pediatrician and made an appointment; (3) Had my follow-up Ultrasound; and (4) Took the rocking chair's cushion to be recovered.

Leg cramps are back; knee pain is gone.

Patrick and Trey already have a somewhat . . . contentious relationship. Trey likes to kick him (through me, obviously) at night. For instance, if Patrick's arm is laying across my belly, Trey will kick kick kick up and down the offending arm. Patrick then responds with sleeping grumblings and tightening the arm, which is followed by more kick kick kick's, and back and forth until I move.

Chair Before -

It should be ready in a few weeks. I chose a green dot that matches the dark green in the bedding's pillow. I've never chosen fabric before and am nervous I might have gone too safe, so hopefully it will look good!

Everything looked good on the ultrasound. The placenta has finally migrated upwards. And, baby is "growing perfectly." I am a little concerned (for me, not him), that he consistently seems to be weighing in heavier than average. BabyCenter.com says at 28 weeks, baby should be 2 pounds 4 ounces. At 27.5 weeks, Trey was already 2 pounds 10 ounces. On the plus side, this time he decided to be still and not bounce all over the screen like a maniac. Maybe he was just resting after his four day marathon.

Remember Moose? Here he is about a month ago. He is staying with us for about a week while his mommy and daddy go on their honeymoon cruise.

Dagny and Hank are quite happy to have a little playmate to boss around, and there is lots of chasing going on (when "our puppies" are not passed out from exhaustion). Moose seems pretty excited to have a plethora of new toys to play with and lots of hidden treats in the backyard (aka bones that Dagny and Hank have lost).

He's a little bigger now, huh?

But still pretty darn cute!

P.S. I learned a new trick . . .

Woop! Woop! Here Comes The Third Trimester

While there seems to be much debate about how weeks translate into months and trimesters, just for the record, I'm due in three months, so we're calling 27 weeks the beginning of the third trimester. Ultrasound on Thursday!

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. He's sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing hiseyes, and perhaps even sucking his fingers. With more brain tissue developing, your baby's brain is very active now. While his lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with a lot of medical help — if he were to be born now. Chalk up any tiny rhythmic movements you may be feeling to a case of baby hiccups, which may be common from now on. Each episode usually lasts only a few moments, and they don't bother him, so just relax and enjoy the tickle.

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So Embarrassing!

Accident Prone

Dagny (somehow) split her ear open yesterday evening. We made a valiant bandaging effort, but apparently when you cut through the ear cartilage, it just won't stop bleeding. So, Miss Dagny is currently awaiting anesthesia and stitches. Hank is pretty upset I came home without his Dagny, but he seems somewhat mollified by having eaten my banana nut bread off the table while we were gone.

Great job, Dags! Apparently she wants to make sure she is not overlooked or forgotten . . . ?

The best part, however, is when the vet's assistant put the slip collar/leash on Dags to take her back. The second it was (loosely) around her neck, Dagny started hacking and gagging and coughing as if she was about to die. The assistant got down and quickly adjusted it, saying "Oh my gosh! Hunny, I'm so sorry; there you go!" My response was, "Oh, she's okay. She's just being dramatic." I mean, it's not like that's never happened before! Anyway, the assistant looked at me like I was a b . . . . terrible person. She clearly doesn't understand my dogs.