How your baby's growing: Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long. Her fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born — are filling her out, making her rounder. Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well. If you've been nervous about preterm labor, you'll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies.
How your life's changing: By this week, fatigue has probably set in again, though maybe not with the same coma-like intensity of your first trimester. Your tiredness is perfectly understandable, given the physical strain you're under and the restless nights of frequent pee breaks and tossing and turning, while trying to get comfortable. Now's the time to slow down and save up your energy for labor day (and beyond). If you've been sitting or lying down for a long time, don't jump up too quickly. Blood can pool in your feet and legs, causing a temporary drop in your blood pressure when you get up that can make you feel dizzy.
How am I feeling: Anxious! The nesting instinct is starting to kick in. We're moving things around so that we can get the nursery up and running. We'd been talking about it for awhile and I was all "Oh it'll take time, it doesn't matter if she comes before we're done." But now I'm suddenly wanting it all done NOW! Poor Brad spent most of the day organizing and moving stuff around. We've still got a lot to do but we're making progress.
I'm definitely getting into that final stretch uncomfortable feeling. Sleeping is very difficult and walking around isn't getting any easier. I've also started having those little cervix pains. Don't know exactly how to describe it but I had it with Belle. I think it is just my cervix slowly starting to get ready to dilate.
Anyway, otherwise I'm doing okay really. And Moya is still moving around like crazy. I swear this kid is going to be a strong one.
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