Week 24 Update!

Baby Update...

Week 24:

It's another week full of exciting developments for your magical growing baby!

Just take a look at the checklist for this week: 1) ears: done; 2) fingernails: done; 3) (if you have a boy) testicles: taking their 3-4 day trip from the abdominal wall to the scrotum; and 4) lungs walls: secreting “surfactant”.

What’s surfactant? It's basically what it sounds like: a surface-activated fat that helps your baby's little lungs inflate (where inflate = fill with air not get more expensive for no understandable reason).

In the meantime, your submerged baby is still breathing in their amniotic fluid (and a bit of pee), preparing and rehearsing their lungs for an oxygen-filled life outside the womb.

By the end of this week, your wee womb-squatter will be weighing in at a whopping 2 lbs and 14 inches long.

All this new weight means your tiny baby is actually starting to fill out their skin, but they're not anywhere near their adorable fat-baby potential.

Most of the fetal “filling out” is coming up in that long awaited (and slightly dreaded?) third trimester. Woo-hoo! Get ready!

Mommy Update...

Sleep: So, so. Finally bought a body pillow (Walmart for $9.99) and it does help a lot. I always wake up with left hip pain but it goes away pretty quickly.

Maternity Clothes: Yes, loving the maternity and non-maternity tank tops. Hit up the Target clearance rack and got two more pairs of black yoga pants… ahh heaven!

Food cravings: Iced tea with lemon, Vanilla ice cream, bagels with cream cheese, and McDonalds Egg and Cheese Biscuits.

Food aversions: The past couple weeks I haven’t been as attracted to Taco Bell, pizza or tomato based pasta? Weird…

Symptoms I have: Have had a hard time breathing in certain positions, especially after I eat. I almost always have to lie down.

Doctor’s Appointment: Just had one on 9/5, next one is 10/3… just a few days before the big game!

Movement: Yes, this child is kicking the crap outta me!

Belly Button: Innie.

Gender: BOY!!!!!!

What I’m looking forward to:

Baby shower planning is in the works… very excited to finalize those plans. Also, we are going to an LSU game at The Swamp on 10/6… 7 months pregnant and at a football game? Why not!

What I miss: Being able to shave my legs or paint my toes and breathe at the same time!