Wednesday, August 20, 2008

31 weeks

So we're now just over 31 weeks. Only 61 days until our due date. I can hardly believe it! Here's what babycenter.com says about our baby girl this week:

From this week on, your baby will continue to gain around ½ pound a week until shortly before birth (even though it may feel like a whole lot more with every step you take). Other highlights this week:Due to increasing space constraints, your baby's arms and legs stay drawn up close to the body now, known as the fetal position (oh, so that's where that name came from!). Plus, your baby can now process information from all five senses—so she'll be all set to smell the pureed peas, taste them, feel them as she mashes them into her hair, hear you crack up and then see the flash as you grab the camera to snap picture after picture.By now, your baby's lungs are the only system not fully mature. And by mature, we're not saying that the rest of your baby's systems are mature enough to be out past 10 PM with the neighborhood hooligan, just that her lungs need a little bit more time to bake before they can kick it in the outside world. Your baby weighs about 3½ pounds and measures a little over 16 inches.

1 comment:

Ben and Kristi Graves said...

i laughed this week as everytime i visited your page there was a different background! :) but i like this one, it's nice! can't believe you are already 31 weeks, these last 9 are going to FLY!!!! can't wait to see pictures of baby girl hermann! do you have her name picked out?