Your baby's movements will peak this week then change in quantity and quality. Remember to do your Fetal Kick Counts. Most of the wrinkles are disappearing from baby's face, and there may be a lot of hair! Your baby has put on about 2 pounds of weight, mostly fat and muscle tissue, bringing the total to about three pounds 11 ounces (1.7 kilograms), and 40 cms or 15.8 inches!

Babies who are born at a younger gestation than this will most likely having difficulties sucking or nursing. This also applies to babies who weigh less than 1500 grams. A good sucking pattern is a sign of neuromuscular maturity.

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September 26th

Mother:

As your baby is growing, so is your body. You may feel as if your internal organs are crowded. They are. The best way to deal with the discomforts of late pregnancy are:

    * Good Posture
    * Proper Nutrition
    * Exercise
    * Rest (When you can!)

Most discomforts will occur in your back, your legs, and the amount of air you can take into your lungs. Hang in there!
Baby:

Your baby is busy getting ready for the birthday! The baby is beginning to regulate his own temperature and the bone marrow is completely in charge of production of the red blood cells. The baby is even urinating about a half liter of urine into the amniotic fluid everyday!

The movements that you feel will probably begin to change at this point. Once your baby held wild gymnastic parties, now as the space becomes cramped you notice smaller movements, such as elbows and knees. Try monitoring the baby yourself, using fetal kick counts.

Your baby weighs in at about two pounds nine ounces (1.16 kilograms)!

Me: Well i feel huge like normal. My ribs are killing me. I have no idea where there going but there going somewhere. The baby kicks daily, especially when i try to relax and go to sleep. Now he's starting to kick hard enough to be seen through the skin. Were almost done with the babys room. We have dressers, clothes, and toys galore. I think i'm done painting, just a few touch ups here and there. My appetite has gone back down again, i think theres just not enough room for too much food. So its on to smaller more frequent meals. Nutrition is a joke i still hate vegetables, rarely have milk. Sometimes with cereal. I give up, i'll never be the pyramid eating person. Sleeping is becoming a nightmare, pillows here, wrap legs around derek, okay now i'm too hot, throw covers off, still too hot, now take pants and shirt off, okay now to cold, throw covers on. Oh wait now i gotta pee. People never guess i'm already 7 months along, i not a huge walrus excuse me. I was small to begin with. But i know i've gained plenty of weight since i'm now in size 11 jeans, and only a handful of my shirts can cover my belly.

Weight: 143

September 19th

Mother:

You will probably begin to see your practitioner every 2 weeks now. If you haven't begun discussing labor plans with your practitioner, now is the time to start!

If you have taken childbirth classes you have a good idea of the interventions and alternatives associated in childbirth. The most common things that people have questions about are: episiotomy, fetal monitoring, and pain relief in labor.

Your breasts my leak colostrum now, although if they do not leak, this is not an indication that you can't breastfeed. You may also need a Rhogam shot now if you are Rh negative.
Baby:

Your baby's eye lashes are developing, as subcutaneous fat is deposited. If you have a baby boy, his testes will probably begin descending. Your baby is about 13.8 inches long (35 cms) and weighs about 2 pounds 4 ounces (1 kilogram)!

A baby born at this time has a good chance of survival with the help of medical technology.