30 weeks - did you know?

• ONLY 10 weeks, left! Let the countdown begin!
• Baby Boy is about 16 inches long and weighs about 3 pounds.
• His eyes are becoming more mature, and now he can tell the difference between light and dark.  Babies at 30 weeks can even follow a light source with their eyes.  Once he is born, he will spend a great deal of time with his eyes closed.  Newborns only have the ability to focus on objects a few inches from their face.  While “normal” adult vision is 20/20, a newborn’s vision is 20/400.
• His skin begins to smoothen as fat deposits accumulate underneath.  The fat insulated and is a energy source.  If the baby was born right now he/she would be able to keep itself warm.
• Baby boy is developing reflexes and the skin is very sensitive.
• His brain is fully formed, and the baby can feel pain. 
• Baby boy is “practicing breathing” to get ready for life outside.

29 Weeks

I absolutely LOVE the Landscape Arboretum!!! For out latest photo sesion Erik and Nickie agreed to meet me here for the 29 week photos! They looked so cute together and are so in love! Baby E is so lucky to be born into such a wonderful family.  His Mommy and Daddy love him so much already!!!

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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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