Saturday, January 19, 2008

31 weeks!

Week 31: Your baby's arms, legs and body continue to fill out -- and they are finally proportional in size to her head. She weighs about 3.3 pounds/1.5 kilograms and looks more like a newborn. She measures about 16 inches/ 41 centimetres from crown to toe.

You may notice your baby isn't moving around as much. Don't worry; she's just running out of space in your uterus. As long as you can feel her squirming, you'll know she's just fine. Believe it or not, she still has plenty of growing to do. You can expect her to gain at least two more pounds/900 grams before delivery.

Your baby's organs are continuing to mature and she is passing water from her bladder: good practice for the urinating she'll do after she's born. Soon you can wonder what your baby is wishing for -- brain scans have shown that fetuses have periods of dream sleep around month eight.

You've probably gained three to four pounds / 1.3 to 1.8 kilograms this month. Gaining a pound/450 grams a week is quite normal during the last trimester as your baby has a final growth spurt before birth.
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63 days to go!!

This past week has been quite difficult as I have yet another cold. It seems as soon as Ben gets the start of a cold, I get it. Full force. The coughing at night is wearing on me.. and Ben hasn't been sleeping through the night for a while so that is extra tiring. I REALLY hope that changes when the baby comes. Oy vey.

I am enjoying being pregnant though. Brings back a lot of wonderful memories with Ben. I smile when it moves and kicks, I don't think that ever gets old. When my whole belly moves, it still makes me laugh!

But with these good warm happy fuzzy feelings also bring a lot of nerves. I am scared of how Ben is going to react initially. Obviously he will have to get used to the baby, but I am trying to prepare myself that it might not be "love at first sight" for him! I worry that there will be so much jealousy from him that it will break my heart. Being a stay at home mom of two also scares the socks off of me. With no vehicle. It will be interesting!

One feeling sure takes front and centre over everything else though.. I am so excited to meet this baby!! Who is it? Boy? Girl? C or D?!?

3 comments:

Kerry said...

Good to know I'm not the only one worrying! lol...but really, I hope you don't go too crazy being at home with no way of escaping on wheels. Wait! I will buy you rollerskates! No insurance necessary!

Allyson said...

Everything will work out Cynthia. Honestly it will. Maybe not how you thought the rythmn of life would go for a while, but after a while, you'll laugh at your fears (I hope-ha ha!)
xxxxx Get rid of that cold honey.

LauraC said...

I think I have forgotten to comment on your blog for like 3 months running now. See what having two kids does to your brain?!?