35w Appt, U/S and NST

Busy day on Friday. My appt went well, I'm up to 30lbs overall, had the GBS swab done. Other than that nothing else since I was having a u/s right after. U/s went well, as well.

Baby is measuring a bit big, at 36w5d (as of Friday). Her estimated weight was 6lbs 6oz. Everything is looking good.

NST went mostly well, at the very end she had a huge decel, but they never called so I guess it was ok.

36 Weeks

Your baby is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. She now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. She's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered her body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected her skin during her 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 her first bowel movement.

35 Weeks

Your baby doesn't have much room to maneuver now that he's over 18 inches long and tips the scales at 5 1/4 pounds (pick up a honeydew melon). Because it's so snug in your womb, he isn't likely to be doing somersaults anymore, but the number of times he kicks should remain about the same. His kidneys are fully developed now, and his liver can process some waste products. Most of his basic physical development is now complete — he'll spend the next few weeks putting on weight.

35 Weeks

34w Appt

Not a whole lot of news. I gained 5lbs *sigh*, my total is now 27lbs. BP was 118/something, a bit high for me. Baby's h/b was good, I'm measuring a bit small. Not really a big deal, usually it's fine. Of course I'm worried that *this* time something will be wrong. Either way I'm having another ultrasound, probably next week but they haven't called me yet. I'm also starting NSTs next week, and my regular appointments will now be weekly.

4 weeks 4 days until Birthday!

34 Weeks

Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long. Her fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born — are filling her out, making her rounder. Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well. If you've been nervous about preterm labor, you'll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies.

33 Weeks

This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds (heft a pineapple) and has passed the 17-inch mark. He's rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and his skeleton is hardening. The bones in his skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for him to fit through the birth canal. (The pressure on the head during birth is so intense that many babies are born with a conehead-like appearance.) These bones don't entirely fuse until early adulthood, so they can grow as his brain and other tissue expands during infancy and childhood.