34 Weeks...

...and 6 more to go! This baby has now taken up almost all of my space. It's become almost impossible to put on my socks by myself. My back is always achy now and I'm getting more and more tired. I have my 34 week appointment with Dr. Wertheim today. I only have one more bimonthly appointment (36 week) and then I go to weekly appointments. The baby will be considered full term in 3 weeks! I better start packing the hospital bag, just in case. Tom put together the car seat and stroller, but we still need to install the car seat bases in our cars and have them inspected. Apparently 80% of car seats are installed incorrectly. 80%!

Here's what the baby's been up to according to WhatToExpect.com:

Your baby could be as tall as 20 inches right now and about five pounds. Need a visual? Hold a five-pound bag of flour in your arms and imagine it's your soon-to-be-born baby (cradle it, and you'll only get strange looks in the baking aisle). Then stack three such bags one on top of the other (and get ready for some more strange looks, maybe from the same clerks who saw you grinning and holding that one-pound box of sugar a few weeks ago). That's how tall your baby is at 34 weeks pregnant. (Now go bake some oatmeal raisin cookies with all that flour!)

If your little doughboy is, well, a boy, then you'll be pleased to know that this week his testicles are making their way down from his abdomen to his scrotum. (Some baby boys — three to four percent — are born with undescended testicles, but they usually make the trip down sometime before the first birthday.)

Your baby's fingernails now reach the end of the fingertips and may even curl over the tip, making a manicure one of the first things you'll need to do for your little bundle.

Weekly pictures:
Parents.com




WhatToExpect.com


34 Weeks - belly button hasn't popped yet


Ready for work and for the week to be over