Amongst Friends

I had to post this, because it's so fun!!  Here is Nickie with one our other friends Julia.  Julia is about 16 weeks pregnant with her second baby.  At our girls night the other night, I couldn't resist making them pose together for a picture or two :)

29 weeks - did you know?

• Baby boy is about 15.5 inches long, weighs about 2.7 pounds and continues to grow every day.  He will continue to grow rapidly from now until week 36, and then at a slower rate thereafter.  The average baby’s birth weight at full term is 7 to 7.5 lbs. 
• He 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. 
• Baby boy can not only hear, but can also recognize Mommy's voice.  This shows that he can already learn, remember and recognize.  What a smart baby already J
• His brain is growing so quickly now that his soft, flexible skull bones are being pushed outward.  The tiny, complex computer that is the baby’s brain is gaining power and speed.  Once relatively smooth, the brain is now looking more wrinkled.  The increasing number of nooks and crannies provide more room for interconnection between individual nerve cells.  Around this point, brain wave patterns start to resemble those of a full term baby at birth.
• The baby’s muscles and organs are growing steadily, and he is at the peak of its movement about now.  Later in the third trimester, space starts to get cramped and, in turn, fetal acrobatics decrease. 
• The baby’s bones are fully developed, but they’re still soft and pliable. 
• He is starting to store iron, calcium and phosphorus this week.

28 weeks - did you know?

• Baby boy is about 14.8 inches long and weighs in at about 2.5 pounds.  He will continue to gain weight and fill out throughout the remainder of the pregnancy.
• His brain is really beginning to develop into a more complex organ. Up until this point, his brain was relatively smooth, but beginning this week his brain will develop grooves and indentions along its surface. The amount of brain tissue also begins to increase during this week.
• Baby boy's eyes are doing a lot of blinking this week because they're now able to respond to light and dark.
• Baby boy's eyelashes and hair are growing longer.

27 weeks - did you know?

• Just about to the last and final trimester!! Some sources say this week and some say next week...either way, almost there!!!!
• Baby boy is about 14.5 inches long and weighs a little more than 2 pounds.
• Even now, at the beginning of the 3rd trimester, his little lungs are already capable of breathing air while the pulmonary vascular system can provide sufficient gas exchange and the central nervous system can generally regulate rhythmic breathing as well as his basal body temperature.
• Baby boy is on a regular sleep schedule and sleeps and wakes at regular intervals.

27 Weeks

Here are Mommy and Baby Boy at 27 weeks.

It was just a quick session but still so much fun to see how much he continues to grow.

Erik was so excited to tell me how much baby moves around and how much he enjoys feeling him move.  When I got to Nickie and Erik's they were painting baby's room. I can't wait to see the finished nursery :)

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26 weeks - did you know?

• Baby Boy Nilsen is approximately just under 2 pounds and just under 14 inches. Baby will continue to put on a lot of weight in the 3rd trimester and fatten up.  He is pretty lean and slender right now.
• The development that is occurring in this stage may seem small and insignificant, but it is very important as the baby begins to prepare for his entry into the world.
• The nerve pathways in the ears are developing and allowing baby to respond more consistently to the sounds he hears.
• Baby boy is continuing to swallow amniotic fluid which is causing his lungs to develop.
• His eyelids have finally separated (they were fused closed previously) and he is finally having his first looks around the studio in Mommy's belly. His eyes are blue in the womb and may change color later in life.  Pupils do not have their final color until a few months after birth.
• Baby boy has recently acquired the ability to say "yes" or "no" in rudimentary sign language as he can now move his head back and forth.
• Brain tissue and neaurons are all developing at a rapid pace, increasing his brain activity and will continue to function at accelaterated levels for the first seven to eight years of childhood.
• Baby boy's blood circulation is completely functional.

24 Weeks

I am WAYYYY overdue in posting these pictures.

But, these are from a couple of weeks ago.

You can see Baby Nilsen has grown a lot since our last photo shoot. 

Mommy and Daddy can feel him kicking, rolling and moving around in there. 

 They are so excited to meet their little man!!!

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