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Pregnancy Week 40: fully cooked.

Well…. we’ve reached the due date. We are 100% (280 days; 40 weeks; 10 months) through.

The Baby:

*Average newborns are about 20 inches long and weigh about 7.5 pounds (a small pumpkin!) *Only about 3 – 5% of babies are born exactly on their due dates *Arrival anytime in the next 2 WEEKS in considered normal *His growth is slowing dramatically […]

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Breastfeeding and Alcohol

Now, I’m no alchy, but I enjoy the occasional night out or glass of wine with dinner. Drinking is out during pregnancy so I wondered what the “rules” were for breastfeeding because I do plan on doing that exclusively. (I even WON a $280 Medela pump last week sorry to brag!)

Anyway, I started by asking on twitter, as usual. […]

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Pregnancy Week 39

My posts come out all clumped together because wordpress never works from our apartment internet. So when I head out, I get as many written as I can!

ONE week to go!!! Maybe less… maybe more… A few days ago I was thinking I’d go past my due date, but as of yesterday, I’m thinking I’ll go before. I’m just feeling lots […]

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Pregnancy Week 38

2 weeks to go?! Man alive (yea, I pulled that phrase out from the early 90s). We are 266 days through (95%!) with only 14 more to go (as of this past Friday).

The Baby:

*Weighs from 6 to 7.5 pounds *19.5 to 21 inches in length *He has a firm grasp and his organs are ready for the outside world! *He has […]

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Pregnancy Week 37: Full Term!!

It’s a huge relief to be at 37 weeks and to be considered full term! As of today (this post is really late!) I’m 263 days (94.3%) of the way though with only 17 days to do! Ahhh!!! It’s SO CLOSE I can’t even believe it.

The Baby:

*Many babies have a full head of hair at birth (1÷2 inch to 1 1/2 inches long)… […]

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