Tillman is as long as an ear of corn this week! Here's what babycenter.com had to say about our little man this week. "Your baby's growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. That puts him at just over a pound. Since he's almost a foot long, he cuts a pretty lean figure at this point, but his body is filling out proportionally and he'll soon start to plump up. His brain is also growing quickly now, and his taste buds are continuing to develop. His lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help his air sacs inflate once he hits the outside world. His skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon."
Changes with me are also occurring. According to babycenter.com my uterus is the size of a soccer ball and has raise above my belly button. The site also mentioned the glucose screening test that I had last Thursday to screen for gestational diabetes, a pregnancy-related high-blood-sugar condition. They state "untreated diabetes increases your risk of having a difficult vaginal delivery or needing a cesarean section because it causes your baby to grow too large, especially in his upper body. It also raises your baby's odds for other complications like low blood sugar right after birth. "
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