How your baby's growing:
Your baby is now considered "full term," even though your due date is three weeks away. If you go into labor now, his lungs will likely be mature enough to fully adjust to life outside the womb. (Some babies need a bit more time, though. So if you're planning to have a repeat c-section, for example, your practitioner will schedule it for no earlier than 39 weeks unless there's a medical reason to intervene earlier.)Your baby weighs 6 1/3 pounds and measures a bit over 19 inches, head to heel (like a stalk of Swiss chard). Many babies have a full head of hair at birth, with locks from 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inches long. But don't be surprised if your baby's hair isn't the same color as yours. Dark-haired couples are sometimes thrown for a loop when their children come out as blonds or redheads, and fair-haired couples have been surprised by Elvis look-alikes. And then, of course, some babies sport only peach fuzz.
From Destini:
Okay seriously, who the heck knows what Swiss chard is??? They should just say, "Your baby is getting bigger, get used to it!". Mama is getting tired. Today I came home for work and literally crawled into bed, slept for two hours. The baby has dropped some and the pressure on my lower back and pelvic bones is crazy! Some women drop early in their third trimester, I could not imagine waddling around like this for weeks and weeks. Thank God I made it to 37 weeks before feeling the baby drop. I can do this for a few more weeks....then I will seriously consider bed rest :).
I am and have (overall) enjoyed my time with my baby growing inside me. Things are almost done around here and I am starting to settle down (mostly because I have no choice, I can't move some days). God works in mysterious ways. It never stops amazing me how pregnancy prepares a women for all aspects of life, most importantly being a mother. Every stage, every week, every trimester of this pregnancy has brought new experiences for me, for Zach too. Physically, mentally, emotionally. It's like all of a sudden you really start to get things and realize why you are here and what the point of life is. I feel more complete and more in tune with things that matter. How stupid some things seem to me now. You start to love your mother and father so much more, and relate to them on a totally different level. Lately I have been in overdrive protect mode with my belly. It is like I feel like he is already born, and I am cradling him in my arms and protecting him from things that aren't even there. Like that car that is backing up to fast, that door that opened suddenly, the prowler outside that doesn't really exist. I frantically called Zach on my way to work almost in tears about how we needed carbon monoxide detectors in every room TONIGHT! He lovingly got it done before he went to work, Thank God because I would not have slept.
I sound like a crazy woman. Maybe a little...wonder what Zach would say :). Thank God for an amazing, patient, and loving husband. He balances me out now more than ever. I know he is just as ready for baby True's arrival as I am.
I know this is one of my last blogs before big boy's birth. I feel the changes in me, my body is getting ready. Stay tuned....
