34 Weeks

I know I'm late but here I am at 34 weeks along. Which means there is about 5 1/2 weeks left until this little guy makes his appearance. Mike took these pics right before we went to our childbirth class. It was again eventful with Mike making inappropriate comments and making me have the giggles which is very embarassing! We watched "the video". I scared! No turning back now though. Right? Right? Next week we get to tour the hospital which is what I've been waiting for and what Mike thought this class was all about! Come on Mike! Hey, does my face look fat? I feel like it's starting to change a little. Oh well!





Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long. Her fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born — are filling her out, making her rounder. Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well. If you've been nervous about preterm labor, you'll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies.

I haven't posted in awhile so I thought I'd give you guys some random information. According to babycenter.com the baby is the size of a pineapple at 33weeks.



This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds (heft a pineapple) and has passed the 17-inch mark. He's rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and his skeleton is hardening. The bones in his skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for him to fit through the birth canal. (The pressure on the head during birth is so intense that many babies are born with a conehead-like appearance.) These bones don't entirely fuse until early adulthood, so they can grow as his brain and other tissue expands during infancy and childhood.

And this is what he supposedly looks like. If this is true, it explains the hiccups in my butt. Sorry if that's TMI but that's pregnancy apparently.




Mike and I started our Child Birth classes last night. For those of you who know Mike, know that he can't really be serious. He had me giggling when we were supposed to be focused on breathing. I won't even tell you some of the stuff he was saying! On a positive note, I was a lot smaller than a lot of the girls in the class. That also made me worry a little though. Why am I smaller than some girls who are due after me? A pregnant woman is never satisfied!

Up next.....we hope to have the nursery somewhat put together soon. I will post pictures! Mike Jr. will have the nicest room in the house for sure!