Yay! Officially 34 weeks now! It's a pretty awesome thing because according to my pregnancy app, babies born between 34-37 weeks are normally fine. They would still most likely require a short trip to the NICU, but in the long run they are normally just as healthy as full term babies.
So today's picture...
Don't you just love all those moving boxes? I'm standing where Micah's nursery once was..now it's the storage space for all the boxes. We move in exactly a week! AH!
And I only have 4 weeks left! Crazy! So this is me 4 weeks ago, at 30 weeks.
I don't really see much of a difference anymore..I just look massive in all of them!
So this week, he is 4 and 3/4 pounds, about as heavy as a cantaloupe! I like knowing how much of my weight I can blame on him. He is also almost 18 inches long, and he definately feels like it. It feels like he's everywhere at once in my stomach! His fat layers have been busy filling out still. His central nervous system is still maturing, and so are his lungs.
This week he'll be growing to the full 18 inches, about the size of a honeydew melon! And he will weigh about 5.25 pounds! Goodness gracious! So a half a pound this week! And his major organs should be about complete by the time this week ends. His kidneys will be done developing and his liver will be completely functional.
My pregnancy app says that by this week fatigue is probaby back. That is so true! I can now easily nap once or even twice a day, and still sleep at night. Well sleep little bits at a time at night, between bathroom breaks and trying to flip over because my body hurts, I probably don't get that much sleep. Which is why napping during the day is a must now!
I can only walk little bits at a time and then I have to sit down. My back starts to ache and then it feels like he's going to fall right on out and I have to sit down for awhile. I'm going shopping today with a friend, so we'll see how that goes. I kind of have to stop at like every other bench in the mall :)
It amazes me how I can always find Micah now in my stomach, like there's always a really hard spot on my stomach, I'm guessing his bum? And if I or Brandon press on it, he starts moving around like crazy. He's like right there, it makes me wonder where all the fat on my stomach went? Lol I'm sure I'll find it all again as soon as he's born.
This week I'll have a doctor appointment on Monday and hopefully I'll get another cute picture and then Tuesday we have an appointment to talk to the pediatrician to decide if that's who we want. Oh and of course, Monday night is the National Championship game! Roll Tide!! And then Friday is our move..which the plan is to move my glider over there early on and then I will just sit in the glider at the new apartment and direct people where to go with things.
Only 28 more days until Micah is here!! Crazy!
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