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.
Belly shots:
Baby G is certainly getting bigger which is making it more difficult to find comfortable positions, but overall I'm doing great. We have a few more things to do before G gets here, like buying the stroller and having the birth tub delivered, but for the most part we're ready. I promise that after the deliveries tonight I'll post about the nursery...I know I hinted at completion shots last weekend, but now that the glider is here I simply can't post semi-ready shots.
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