The Pregnancy - Week 30

I'm dragging yet again... I can't wait until the exhaustion is gone, though I'm also realizing that it may never actually go away!

Anyhow, we are at 30 weeks this week! Only about seven more to go! Enjoy this week's post!

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"What's 17 inches long, just over 3 pounds in weight, and cute all over? It's your baby--and he or she is getting bigger by the day (in case you couldn't tell from the size of your bellly). Also getting bigger daily is baby's brain, which is preparing for life outside the womb--and for a lifetime of learning. Starting this week, your baby's brain is starting to look like one, taking on those characteristic grooves and indentations. These wrinkles allow for future expansion of brain tissue that is crucial as your baby goes from helpless newborn to responsive infant to verbal toddler to curious preschooler and beyond. Your baby's bigger and better brain is also starting to take on tasks previously delegated to other parts of the body, like temperature regulation. Now that the brain is capable of turning up the heat (with the help of that growing supply of baby fat), your baby will start shedding lanugo, the downy, soft body hair that has been keeping him or her warm up to this point. Which means that by the time your baby is born, he or she probably won't be fuzzy wuzzy anymore."

-text from What to Expect When You're Expecting

-photo from http://www.babycenter.com

-Aubrey

P.S. Monday is three doctor appointment day... Yay... So check back next week to hear about all the appointments!