29 Weeks, 3Days!

Everything is going great. The baby is growing big, Emery Jai feeds him via my belly button. The heat is not bothering me, yet. I am starting to have some back pain, but that is to be expected. Along with the constant trips to the bathroom. I have to work so hard at drinking water, I hate water. My goal is to drink 8 glasses a day, my midwife wants me to drink 10-12! I had to reschedule my midwife appointment for the 29th, we hope to both be living in Nashville by then.
Also I think we might be renaming the little man, we're not sure. It could still be Finnley, but probably not. I will keep you posted!

Fetal development in pregnancy week 29:fetus in seventh month If you’ve been feeling butterflies moving around in your belly, it’s not just your run-of-the-mill pre-birth performance anxiety. No, it’s your amazing baby with a case of the hiccups: a fairly common occurrence at this point resulting from practicing breathing for their big birthday. In addition, to getting a round of butterfly-like hiccups, your little swimmer has arduously managed to accumulate enough baby fat to account for nearly 3.5% of their overall body weight. Yeah, compared to we adults, it’s not a lot, but when they’re little like that—it’s certainly a healthy (and warming) accomplishment in its way. Another fantastic accomplishment: your baby's spleen is now in charge of hematopoiesis—the 10 dollar name for the process involved in building up certain important blood components. Another fantastic-accomplishment: your little monkey has been peeing into their amniotic sac for a little while now (this is why potty training takes a while) and if you didn’t know, actually swallows it along with the rest of the amniotic fluid. Although the concept is nasty, their urine is sterile and as part of the amniotic fluid base, is replaced several times throughout the day. So if you didn’t know before, now you can tell people, that yes, you drank your own urine—you were still in the womb, but nonetheless you’ve been there.



Baby Boy Anderson!

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