Morgan Marie
We are so excited to have a little girl, and excited for each day and week that passes and she is able to incubate the natural way! So far the doctor are saying everything looks terrific: Baby Morgan is measuring in the 45% (much higher than Jacob did), my amniotic fluid is perfect, and my blood pressure has been well-controlled on meds. We will begin twice a week checkups next week (with weekly ultrasounds for the remainder of the pregnancy), and we are looking forwarded to meeting this little lady!
It is finally starting to sink in that we REALLY are going to have a GIRL! I am so excited, and am already having so much fun with all the girly stuff! There is SO much out there for little girls, and their outfits are so complicated!! (Little Boys are SOO easy to make cute, but you don't have very many choices!) I've got a LOT to learn on dressing a little girl, but I am having so much fun!
I've been doing LOTS of crafting... Not sure if anything I've made will fit or look cute, but I've sure had fun trying! :)
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| Fun Summery Bubble |
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| Little Strapless Bubble |
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| Matching Tee for Big Bro, a matching headband, and barefoot sandals |
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| Another strapless bubble... This fabric has made me CRAZY! |
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| Pillowcase Bubble... Shoulda made the leg holes ruffled but this was the first bubble I made! |
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| Another complete outfit... Barefoot Sandals and Headband! |
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| Bow... Wonder if these will be cute on... ??? |
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| Hospital Hat... And I can interchange flowers or bows :) |
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| New Cover for Jacob's old car seat... Jason said he refuses to carry it, and he's getting his own! LOL! |
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| Bow Holder I made... I hear this won't be big enough... |
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| Her room has been painted and the bedskirt is finished... Its coming along! |
Week 31:Another day... another ounce
Fetal development in pregnancy week 31
~length
16 in | 41 cm
16 in | 41 cm
~weight
3.3 lbs | 1.5 kg
3.3 lbs | 1.5 kg
This week, your amazing growing baby is around 3 pounds and 17 inches tall.
With each added layer of baby fat, your baby's wrinkly raisin skin starts to look more and more like it will when they're born.
The heavy news: you can expect your miracle-gro muffin to gain about a half a pound of weight per week from now until about two weeks before birth.
Your baby's developing immune system has made some serious gains over the past weeks getting them in full gear to face our disease-ridden world o’ wonders.
Even so, a large majority of your child’s immune strength will need to come from your milk in the first year.
Their cute little noggin’ (which could already be covered with luscious locks or just purty peach fuzz), is still soft because the skull bones have not yet fused together.
As disturbing as having an infant with a soft cracked skull sounds, it's pretty much a necessity for passage through the birth canal during labor.
If your baby is in your birth canal for an extended period, they'll come out with a bit of a cone head, as a result of their skull plates being compressed while in your rather snug birth canal. It's normal, harmless and their skull will even out into a more round, less cone-heady shape in the next few weeks.
Oh, and FYI: your baby may have that “soft spot” on their head for up to eighteen months after birth.
