Size of baby: 11.5 inches, 1.1 lb. - a "Large Mango" (which just so happens to be one of my favorite fruits!)
What developed this past week: Bryson is getting stronger and stronger and is quite active - others can even see him moving from the outside. His head is now more proportionate to his body and he is looking more like a newborn! Blood vessels in his lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and his hearing is becoming more acute, as the cochlea (inner ear mechanism that houses all components of hearing) is now fully formed! Baby can hear what I hear, but at muted levels because of all the muscle, tissue & fluid around him.
Weight Gain: 16.4 pounds.
Maternity clothes: Non-maternity shirts are getting to be too short in the front so they leave an unsightly gap between the top of my pants and the bottom of my shirt - bare belly stickin out! :) Luckily, I have found many good deals online for maternity clothes and don't think I'll be in want any time soon!
Gender: IT'S A BOY! "Bryson Nicholas"
Movement: I was very used to feeling movement in my lower abdomen, but now I am starting to feel kicks going on behind my belly button! So bizarre! My uterus is just above my belly button now and he's getting so big that I can simultaneously feel movement up high and down low! My foot-long baby! I want another sonogram to see what he looks like squished in there! And of course to get his measurements and see his sweet face!! I hear I can go to the local tech school to give the ultrasound techs practice...
Sleep: I took the mattress topper off this week, and there is good news and bad news. Good news is that my lower back doesn't ache much anymore! Bad news is... now my mid & upper back does! Can't win. I'm still working through different pillow options and positions. Hopefully something will help! If anyone has advice or tips... I'm all ears!
What I miss: I don't miss this, but I've noticed this week that I walk slowly all the time now. I used to be annoyed to take "forever" to get somewhere, the point was to be there. Getting stuck walking behind a slow person drove me crazy. Now I am the slow person! I practically waddle and don't mind one bit taking a long time to get somewhere. Baby is ALREADY slowing my life way down! haha Oh the things I never guessed would be affected...
Cravings: Nothing.
Best moment this week: Talking to my Mother-in-law about what Caleb was like and looked like as a baby. Amazingly, though he was born one month early, Caleb was 8lbs 15oz and was 23 inches long. That is as long as a "normal" 3 month old! Crazy! I didn't realize Caleb was contributing so much to Bryson's height! That even further explains the extra long femur bone at 18 weeks! On top of that, I found out that my uncle set the hospital record (for the time) at 24 inches long! As I told my family, I will gladly take a 9 lb baby as long as the weight is distributed over a tall frame, not a rolly-polly-Michelin-man! OUCH! :) (I know that sounds selfish, but a girl can dream! :))
What I am looking forward to: Getting the second dresser in tomorrow and setting up the nursery! Also, I'm finishing up a registry and trying to get guest lists together! So much to do, So little time! :) SO EXCITING THOUGH! Thank you, in advance, to everyone who is going to work so hard to make these showers SO fun and wonderful! Love you all!
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