How far along? 27 Weeks
Total weight gain: ~ 15 lbs.
Maternity clothes? Yes
Stretch marks? No
Best moment this week: Our family reunion!
Miss anything? Not being the size of a house.
Movement: Super active
Food cravings: None at the moment.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Not at the moment
Gender: Girl!
Labor signs: Braxton Hicks
Symptoms: exhaustion, braxton hicks, frequent urination, back aches
Belly button in or out? In, but barely. Definitely thinking it's going to become an outtie this time around
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or moody most of the time: Mostly happy
Looking forward to: Our second mini vacation with my family
This week the baby is still approximately the size of a papaya, at 1.93 lbs. in weight, and 14.41 inches in length.
"This week marks the end of the second trimester. Babies who are born between twenty seven and thirty two weeks have a good chance of survival. 80-95% of the babies survive depending on the week of gestation, the mother's health, the reason for premature labor, and the quality of medical care received. Your baby is beginning to enter a very active phase in its cramped quarters. The amniotic fluid has decreased, which means you'll feel every movement of your baby much more than ever before. He will be practicing the sucking reflex in order to prepare for breastfeeding. His neurons and brain tissue are developing rapidly and the brain waves are working like new born brain waves. Event hough your baby's skeleton is completely developed, the joints are not yet connected. If you are carrying a boy, his testes will have finished their descent at this point. His immune system, liver and lungs are still continuing to develop and preparing to function on their own. His tiny eyelids have begun to open and retinas begun to develop."
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