At this point in your pregnancy, your baby's crown-to-rump length is approximately 10.4 inches and the total length of your baby is around 16.7 inches. Your baby weighs about 2.7 pounds and continues to grow every day. If you measure from your bellybutton, your uterus is 3.5 to 4 inches above it. Total weight gain at this point is usually between 19 and 25 pounds. Babies that are born prematurely can be very tiny. Even a baby that is only a few weeks early can be very small. Your baby will grow rapidly from now until week 36, and then at a slower rate thereafter. Generally, boys weigh more than girls at birth. The average baby's birth weight at full term is 7 to 7.5 pounds. You might notice some leakage of colostrums from your breasts around this time. Colostrums is a sticky, watery substance that provides your baby's first food if you choose to breastfeed. Milk does not come in immediately after delivery and colostrums is high in calories and enough for your baby's first few days of life. Your baby is stimulating the production of colostrums. The baby's body is ensuring that there will be a readily available food supply after delivery. Your baby will continue to open and close his eyes in the womb and may be able to see silhouettes of objects or even people in the right amount of light. Your baby should be moving many times throughout the day. Some of your baby's movements will be predictable and if you notice a decrease in fetal movements, you should lie down and do a fetal kick count. You should feel your baby move approximately ten times in an hour. If you do not notice the proper amount of movements, you should contact your healthcare provider.
...these are the emails i receive over and over again. letting me know the joys of pregnancy. what they forget to insert....possibly every night will be sleepless. you will not be able to find a position to "satisfy" you and your unborn. your hands will possibly "go to sleep" with any position you decide on. the lovely, wake you from your sleep leg cramps. once you finally get in that so called comfortable position then the leg cramps start. the once that leave your legs aching two days later. the constant "stopped" up nose. oh .. i can smell. only the disgusting sweat of boys, or the stinking dogs, or something sour. not the fresh air of fall, or my wonderful smelling candles..you know the good stuff. also, that sitting, standing etc will probably always be uncomfortable. especially when you have the exorcist trying to make its way out of your navel. these are all very new experiences for me. no this is not my first but my third. the first two pregnancies were a breeze. close to perfect. God knew what he was doing when he saved this little princess for last.
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