12 weeks left!

WEEK 27

How your baby's growing:

This week, your baby weighs almost 2 pounds (like a head of cauliflower) and is about 14 1/2 inches long with her legs extended. She's sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing her eyes, and perhaps even sucking her fingers. With more brain tissue developing, your baby's brain is very active now. While her lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with a lot of medical help — if she were to be born now. Chalk up any tiny rhythmic movements you may be feeling to a case of baby hiccups, which may be common from now on. Each episode usually lasts only a few moments, and they don't bother her, so just relax and enjoy the tickle.




How your life's changing:

The second trimester is drawing to a close, but as your body gears up for the final lap, you may start noticing some new symptoms. Along with an aching back, for example, you may find that your leg muscles cramp up now and then. They're carrying extra weight, after all, and your expanding uterus is putting pressure on the veins that return blood from your legs to your heart as well as on the nerves leading from your trunk to your legs. Unfortunately, the cramps may get worse as your pregnancy progresses. Leg cramps are more common at night but can also happen during the day. When a cramp strikes, stretching the calf muscle should give you some relief. Straighten your leg and then gently flex your toes back toward your shin. Walking for a few minutes or massaging your calf sometimes helps, too.

-This last week has gone by so fast! I'm still amazed that i'm sitting here writing that i'm going into my 27th week, when it seems like just yesterday I was going into my 26th week! How crazy. I definitely hope the rest of my pregnancy goes by like this. Now we only have at the MOST, 12 weeks left until we meet Emily via C-Section. We are so very anxious to see baby Emily. Matt & I are both equally anxious to see what she looks like. I always tell him how crazy it would be if she came out looking just like me, like Mackenzie does. lol. But that would be boring, because then we'd know what she would look like when she got older. I hope she has brown hair. Out of 10 grandkids she would be only the second to have brown hair. :) Everyone one else has blonde hair and blue eyes. I honestly don't care what she looks like when its all said and done, I just want her here...but i'm willing to wait until at LEAST the end of November. I want her to be well developed and ready when she makes her entrance.

-ON TO OTHER THINGS-

-There are only 11 more day until Mackenzie's 5th birthday! I can not believe my baby girl is going to be five, and will no longer be my baby. [just bc I have a new baby doesn't mean she has to stop being my baby, right?!] She amazes me everyday with the things she says. She is so smart and so outgoing. I know there are amazing things to come in her future. I can not wait!

-Tonight we are going to my cousins place to watch the UFC fight 119. I'm pretty excited about it. I love UFC! And ofcourse its always nice to get out and spend time with awesome friends/family. Looking forward to it, but will definitely be needing a nap before we head out. Waking up at 6am on a Saturday just isn't right! :/

-Have an amazing weekend everyone! I know I will!-