According to "What to expect" this week, baby weighs in at about 2 1/2 lbs & stands at almost 16 inches (measured head to toe). Baby Orf is right on schedule then because it weighed 2 lbs, 4 oz at the ultrasound last week. Impressive new talents include blinking its eyes, coughing, more intense sucking & better breathing.
Baby may be dreaming now too. Brain wave activity measured in a developing fetus shows different sleep cycles, including the rapid eye movement phase, the stage when dreaming occurs.
The good news is that babies born this week, though premature, have an excellent prognosis because their lungs have reached the point (for the most part) of maturity. Of course, it's still best if a baby doesn't check out of the uterine hotel just yet, there's still a lot of growing & maturity to do over the next 12 weeks.
As for me, still doing good overall. I've been sleeping a lot better this week and actually have been sleeping in our bed instead of camping out on the couch. Maybe the insomnia has gone away for a bit. Hopefully, I don't jinx myself. Feet still get swollen but I guess I will expect that for the rest of the pregnancy. My skin has started to itch a lot more too. I better start lotioning up!
2 comments:
This is the week Mar's twins were born! Hope you can keep Baby Orf in the hotel a little longer! :o)
~ Jen
Great pics love the one of you and your fAMILY AND THE ONE OF YOU SHOWING OFF BABY ORF PRETTY FLOWERS MY GRAND DOG WAS GREAT I STILL AM KEEPING THE 15TH AL SAID STOP KEEPING THE GOOD CANDY IN YOUR OFFICE AND THAT HE SAW YOU REALLY ITCHING OUR ARM TODAY HOPE YOU HAVE LOTION AT WORK
MIL
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