I just got an email with information about week 34 and realized I never wrote the week 33 update! Too focused on moving… and this baby stuff 
So here we go.. I’ll try to keep it on my thoughts from last week only:
We’re 49 days (7 weeks) from our due date… 84% (231 days) of the way through!
The Baby:
*Bones in skull are not fused, allowing overlap and movement for fitting through the birth canal
*Measures about 17 inches long
*Weighs about 5 pounds
*He may descend into my pelvis at any time in the next 6 weeks = preparing for birth and sending blood to his developing brain
*If he were born now, his immune system would be immature (as he’s currently receiving antibodies from me)
*Survival rate if born now = 98%. Of those, 12% have serious complications. I like those odds!
The Mom:
*Check out those veins on the belly!
*“Many women are still feeling sexy at this stage” — really?? I’d disagree. I waddle, I can’t get up, I can’t put on my pants/socks/shoes without sitting, I whine, I complain…
*Swelling? Nope.
*Apparently I should be practicing perineum massage to help prevent an episiotomy. I’ll try it!
*Uterus is 5 inches above navel
*Weight: gained about 26 lb so far
*Start planning labor – birth plan, gathering baby necessities, relaxation exercises, etc.
*Still waddling, still having trouble sleeping from heartburn, sore hips and unease
We moved into our new apartment on Saturday!!! They didn’t quite get to finishing the bathroom, but that should be done soon… otherwise all is great! Pics will be up as soon as we can manage to unpack and decorate.
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Cute Belly!!! You are in the home-stretch mommy girl
I am so excited for you!!!!!
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Baby Dickey Reply:
November 6th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Thanks soo much!
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Heyyy…Hope things are back to normal after the last post!! Scary! Seriously Em, I know I’m like 6 hours away but let me know if I can do anything! (really all I have to offer is sarcasm and the occasional mushy comment that I usually make fun of immediately after…)
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Baby Dickey Reply:
November 6th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Haha, thanks Rachel. We’d be quite the couch potatoes here… you with your broken foot and me with my massive belly! Think of all the cookies we could eat…
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OMG! I can’t wait to see him! So close so close!!! I need to start taking belly pictures even though I don’t have a belly yet. … I guess it’ll work as a before shot right?
Man! I’ll be 7 weeks tomorrow!! Eeek!
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Baby Dickey Reply:
November 6th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Congrats on 7 weeks!
I think I started with the pictures at 8 weeks and it’s basically a “before” photo… I skipped week 9 because I thought there was no change, and then at week 10 I saw a tiny lil belly! (which at the time I thought was huge, hahaha). Can’t wait to see your pics!!!
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