Week 30

Your Baby

Big news for baby’s brain this week: It’s starting to wrinkle and fold and looks like something that grew in the back of your fridge. This is due to the rapid growth of your little genius’s brain cells. Other highlights this week:

Fingernails and toenails are finally finished—causing his or her parents great fear and anguish the first time they try to cut those little daggers (it gets easier, we promise)! Plus, the bone marrow is completely in charge of red-blood-cell production now. Trust us, this is a good thing.

Baby is starting to shed his lanugo—the downy hair that was covering his skin. Now that he’s chubbier and better able to regulate his body temp, he doesn’t need to sport a fur coat 24/7.

“I spy an umbilical cord and the inside of my mom’s uterus!” When your baby is awake, his eyes are now wide open and he’s whittling away the hours looking around, checking out his rather dark, limited environs.

Your baby hasn’t gained much weight or height this week, as most of his energy’s been channeled to the brain. He weighs about 3 pounds and is approximately 15.5 inches long, about the size of London, not the city, Britney Spears’ Yorkie terrier. Of course your baby is less hairy and way cuter!

via 30 Weeks Pregnant – 3D Pregnancy Calendar

There hasn’t been all that much happening this week.  We are gearing up for some childbirth classes and other things like that.  Mom to be is going through normal pregnancy symptoms  (don’t need to go into detail) and the little one is kicking away.  We are starting to feel body parts and see more of him moving around.  It is pretty awesome to witness.

There was some good news this week from mom to be’s brother.  He and his wife had their first – a healthy baby boy just over 9 pounds.  Congratulations go out to them.

We have a doctor’s visit later on today – July 12th, and mom to be has the dreaded glucose test to take.

What is a glucose test?

It’s basically this, mom to be has to down this large sugary drink (fruit punch like) and be at the doctor right on time to get her blood drawn.  This is a way for the doctor to test for a form of diabetes women get during pregnancy.  It’s all normal stuff and part of the process, but as long as it keeps her safe we will do it.

That’s about it.