I am now 33 weeks along in my pregnancy. Insomnia has creeped in along with slight back pain and continued swelling...Oh, the joys of pregnancy. :) Heartburn? My best friend! I've started to experience carpal tunnel syndrome too-achiness in my wrists and hands (particularly at night).This week our little peanut weighs a little over 4 pounds (much like a pineapple) and has passed the 17 inch mark. He's rapidly losing that wrinkled look and his skeleton is hardening. The bones in his skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for him to fit through the birth canal. These bones don't entirely fuse until early adulthood, so they can grow as his brain and other tissue expands during infancy and childhood. The big news this week is lung development—baby's respiratory system is almost completely mature. That means if our baby was born this week, odds are he'd be a healthy bouncing baby with a just a little help from his friends (aka, the NICU). Our peanut can now detect light and tell the difference between night and day. Our baby will continue to pack on the pounds gaining around ½ pound a week from here on out.
I have started "nesting" a little bit, doing laundry for the little guy and organizing everything. I'm also more of a neat freak (I know, how could that possibly be?!). Brian is so ready to meet our son and so am I. :)
All for now...
