"Your baby now weighs about 1.7kg and is around 42.4cm long from head to toe. Although his lungs won't be fully developed until just before birth, your little one is inhaling amniotic fluid to exercise his lungs and practise breathing. Your baby is immersed in amniotic fluid, which is protecting him as he grows in the amniotic sac. Some babies have a head of hair already, others have only a few wisps. Thick hair at birth doesn't necessarily mean thick hair later on, but children with fine hair in childhood usually grow up to have fine hair too.
If your baby is a boy, his testicles should have descended from his abdomen into his scrotum. Sometimes, however, one or both testicles won't move into position until after birth. In two thirds of all baby boys who have undescended testicles at birth, the condition corrects itself by their first birthday.
You're probably gaining 450g a week, largely because your baby is likely to gain more than half his birthweight during the seven weeks before birth. Make sure you are eating well in these last few weeks. "
Hope everyone had a good Christmas :)
I'm waiting to hear from the birth centre, Karen one of the midwives should be ringing me with an appointment date, I hope lol.
Last visit to a midwife (Lyn) she said I was measuring very big again, I thought it might just be bloating from IBS but she said I may need another scan. So its just wait and see. Still don't know for sure where I will be having the baby. Birth centre, Hosp or Home?
I've been feeling really exhausted the last few weeks, very tired and achy. Now I know my iron levels are very low it could be that, also more fluid than usual can make you feel tired.
Went shopping earlier, bargain hunting I only managed 2 shops and my legs gave up lol.
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