Sunday, July 10, 2005

 

Update on Leah at 39 weeks:
Your baby's ready to greet the world! She continues to build a layer of fat to help control her body temperature after birth, but it's likely she already measures about 20 inches and weighs a bit over 7 pounds. Your baby's organs are fully developed and in place, and the outer layers of skin are sloughing off as new skin forms underneath.

Mama wrote about me @ 1:44 PM
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Monday, July 04, 2005

 

(from Babycenter)
How your baby's growing: Your baby has really fattened up. She likely weighs between 6 and 7 1/2 pounds now (boys tend to be slightly heavier than girls), and she's probably between 19 and 20 inches long. She has a firm grasp, which you'll soon be able to test with your pinky! Her organs are fully developed and in place, but her lungs and brain, though developed enough for her to function now, will continue to mature right through childhood.

Wondering what color your baby's eyes will be? You may not be able to tell right away. If your baby is born with brown eyes, they'll likely stay brown. If she's born with steel gray or dark blue eyes, they may stay gray or blue or turn green, hazel, or brown by the time she's 9 months old. That's because a child's irises (the colored part of the eye) may gain more pigment in the months after she's born, but they won't get "lighter" or more blue. (Green, hazel, and brown eyes have more pigment than gray or blue eyes.)

I'm still battling the occasional headaches and nightly leg cramps but thankfully the *RLS is going away for the most part! That was the most frustrating thing!!! I can fall asleep with a headache and hubby can massage the leg cramps but there's nothing you can do for RLS. At least not for me. I tried taking a bath right before bed, drinking milk, taking a Tums for extra calcium and nothing worked. Oh well, glad it's pretty much gone!

The Braxton Hicks contractions are coming on a lot longer, stronger and more frequently. Some of them are downright uncomfortable too. Occasionally I'll even feel one with a lot of pressure or back pain too so I know my body's gearing up for labor. I'm really excited about it but still a bit nervous too after the complications (and extreme PAIN w/no pain meds!) of last two births. My sweet hubby is so reassuring though. I'm so glad he's going to be there!! Jacob's just thrilled about being there too!! I'm really excited for him. He's still positive he's going to cut the cord so we'll see!! He actually wants to be the one to deliver Leah but James said we'll cross that bridge when we come to it! James delivered Jacob, Jamie and Hannah and I delivered Sarah! I'll never forget the way it felt to pull her out of me! What a gift!!! Anyway, Leah's story is yet to be written but when it is you'll all hear about it!

My bags are packed for the hospital, her carseat's in the van, we have a giant supply of newborn/size 1 diapers and we're READY for her arrival!!!

*RLS = Restless Leg Syndrome

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