So, I think this is the week that I have starting feeling huge! I look at this picture of myself, and I can't believe it is me!
This week I have been pretty active. We've been walking at night (I'd say we're walking the dog, but he really walks us), walked all over that Babies R Us store on Saturday, and went for a swim on Sunday.
Sitting for a long time is uncomfortable. I'd rather stand or lay down. Nick and I have been fighting over the couch this week.
As for Master Tillman, he has been moving a lot, and at his last heart beat check, Dr. Villers said he appeared "happy!" Babycenter.com says Tillman should be packing on the pounds this week "at the rate of about an ounce a day. He now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. He's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered his body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected his skin during his nine-month amniotic bath. Your baby swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of his first bowel movement.
At the end of this week, your baby will be considered full-term. (Full-term is 37 to 42 weeks; babies born before 37 weeks are pre-term and those born after 42 are post-term.) Most likely he's in a head-down position. But if he isn't, your practitioner may suggest scheduling an "external cephalic version," which is a fancy way of saying she'll try to coax your baby into a head-down position by manipulating him from the outside of your belly." (Tillman is head-down)
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