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.See what your baby looks like this week:
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).
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).
1 comment:
Yeah...I never did kick counts. My midwife never even really mentioned them. They would ask at my appointments if he seemed to be moving "normally". One time about a week before my due date, I noticed he had slowed down quite a bit (probably from running out of room), and they did a non-stress test just to make sure he was doing ok.
I'd say, just take note of what is normal for Trey...if it seems like there's been a few days of "not normal", maybe mention it to your doctor.
Can't wait to see some more belly pics!!!! :)
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