How Courtney is doing this week:
This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds (a pineapple) and has passed the 17-inch mark. She's rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and her skeleton is hardening. The bones in her skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for her to fit through the birth canal. (The pressure on the head during birth is so intense that many babies are born with a conehead-like appearance.) These bones don't entirely fuse until early adulthood, so they can grow as her brain and other tissue expands during infancy and childhood.
She weighs as much as a pineapple (yumm...pineapple!)
5 comments:
yay!!! getting so close!!! =)
i wonder why the major swelling? is blood pressure still in normal range? praying for you and little Courtney, that everything stays well for a healthy delivery!! =)
Almost there!! Cannot wait to see pictures of how beautiful she is!
Thanks ladies. I mentioned my swollen ankles at my 30 week appointment and the doctor said he wasn't concerned. My blood pressure is usually high at the beginning of my appointment but goes down at the end (they usually take it twice for this reason). I have my 34 week appointment next Friday so I'll see what my BP is then. But swollen ankles are just one of those wonderful pregnancy symptoms.
I know exactly how you feel about the ankles and indentations that are left behind. I cannot wait to have my feet and ankles back!!! We are super close though.. so the countdown can begin!!
The nursery looks great and so do you. Don't worry about the swelling, it will go away as soon as she pops out! Can't wait to see you. I had Raegan at 34 weeks....wow you're almost there!
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