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At this point in your pregnancy, your baby's crown-to-rump length is approximately 10.4 inches and the total length of your baby is around 16.7 inches. Your baby weighs about 2.7 pounds and continues to grow every day. If you measure from your bellybutton, your uterus is 3.5 to 4 inches above it. Total weight gain at this point is usually between 19 and 25 pounds.

3D sonogram of a fetus in week 29

Babies that are born prematurely can be very tiny. Even a baby that is only a few weeks early can be very small. Your baby will grow rapidly from now until week 36, and then at a slower rate thereafter. Generally, boys weigh more than girls at birth. The average baby's birth weight at full term is 7 to 7.5 pounds.

You might notice some leakage of colostrums from your breasts around this time. Colostrums is a sticky, watery substance that provides your baby's first food if you choose to breastfeed. Milk does not come in immediately after delivery and colostrums is high in calories and enough for your baby's first few days of life. Your baby is stimulating the production of colostrums. The baby's body is ensuring that there will be a readily available food supply after delivery.

Your baby will continue to open and close his eyes in the womb and may be able to see silhouettes of objects or even people in the right amount of light. Your baby should be moving many times throughout the day. Some of your baby's movements will be predictable and if you notice a decrease in fetal movements, you should lie down and do a fetal kick count. You should feel your baby move approximately ten times in an hour. If you do not notice the proper amount of movements, you should contact your healthcare provider.

Research has shown that your baby is not only able to hear, but also able to recognize your own voice. This shows that your baby can already learn, remember and recognize.

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TATO - 1.2 hours ago
Hello week 29!!! My doc said blood was found in my urine again for like the fourth or fifth time and since my placenta is low lying im going to need an MRI. Does anybody know what this could mean?

kimiprego - 6.5 hours ago
:( The doctor said my blood pressure is still a little high 147/86. She wants to keep seeing me every week to keep an eye on my BP and my urine protein. She's worried about pre-eclampsia but as of right now I'm only at risk. I'm really hoping I can stabilize just enough to keep me and the baby in the safe zone. She said I more than likely will deliver a few weeks before my due date if my BP continues to rise... I'm trying to stay positive and not let this pre-eclampsia stuff get to me.

las2010 - 7.9 hours ago
ah!! typo! 32 to 36 is what i meant to write lol

kbaby1 - 8.7 hours ago
I'm very excited to be a part of March for Babies this year! Every day, thousands of babies are born too soon, too small and often very sick. We're walking because we want to do something about this. The money we raise will support March of Dimes research and programs that help moms have full-term pregnancies and babies begin healthy lives. And it will be used to bring comfort and information to families with a baby in newborn intensive care. If you are interested in donating to March of Dimes please send me a message. Thank You Ladies ! ! ! ! Now lets save some BABIES!!!

las2010 - 9.2 hours ago
wowww i was talking like i went from 32 b to 26 b and i was proud.. ahahahahah!!!!

kimiprego - 9.9 hours ago
LYLA- I have a pregnancy brain too! I’m at work right now and two times today I’ve caught myself lost on how to do the simplest task that I do everyday. Talk about Embarrassing! Thank god I get to get out of the office and go to the doctor in 25min.

kerbomama - 10.3 hours ago
good news im getting another ultra sound done next saturday:)bad news i just heard from my doctor that my 3 hr glucose test came back and my levels were a little high so now i have to come in for an earlyer appointment than was scheduled. i hope there is no more needles. had my test a week ago and im still bruised from it.

lovinlivin - 10.5 hours ago
kbaby1-Sorry to read that. That's just ridiculous and inappropriate.

LYLA2010 - 10.5 hours ago
Is anyone else suffering from pregnancy brain? haha i did the stupidest thing yesterday. I went to the grocery store and picked up a few groceries and i put them all in the car and left my purse(huge purse)in the cart and pushed it in the cart area. The bad thing is i didnt notice until i got home that i left my purse in the cart outside(30 min later). When i went back thank god nobody took anything from it and Someone that worked there found it. I had my 400 dollar camera, cell phone and all my cards in there. I think i am super lucky. I dont think i have ever been soo stupid. The clerk said people leave stuff behind all the time..then he said look at all the cains we have up there that ppl left. I thought at least they are old and have an excuse..oh well i laugh about it now

LYLA2010 - 10.7 hours ago
Thanks Patreklovesmommy- That does makes sense although i do drink over 10 glasses of water a day plus other stuff...but i am ALWAYS thirsty. haha but what makes it hard it you cant drink to much before you go or you will have to pee during the walk. Thanks a bunch for your comment :)

patrekLovesMommy - 11.3 hours ago
Lyla- it seems like you may just have a lack of hydration. Side stiches, etc. come from that (although we need a bucket load more water to exercise during pregnancy), but if it continues i'd just ask the doc! most of the time, if it goes away... its ok. if it lasts, better ask! :)

Elismom - 11.9 hours ago
Ahh boobs :). I breastfed with my first and boy did it pull the plug on mine!!! I remember my nursing class I took. I saw a baby grab a handful of his mom's boob and it like....squish it and pull it out. I thought, ewwww gross! My skin on my breasts won't even do that! Well.....it does now :). They are getting firmer as the pregnancy progresses, but for all you first timers, just know, they WILL go back down....they just probably won't be as FIRM as they were before ;). Mine are like a whole different set of boobs, hahah.

readyforbaby - 12.3 hours ago
Only 11 more weeks and my lil man will be here : )

kbaby1 - 13.2 hours ago
Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone..... my co-workers are all upset that I didn't wear green today...well people green is not my color and anyway my child is half IRISH!!! well that was the topic of the morning over doughnuts and coffee.... what is the problem with a black woman and an Irish man???? i still can't figure it out! Good grief people we have been married for 4 years.... and its 2010!!!! They all wanted to know how our families are dealing with it!!!.... so funny when you are around closed minded people...well that is what I get for being from MISSISSIPPI and for even coming back to this place!!! hope you ladies have a great day!

ethans-1st-time-mommy - 14.4 hours ago
Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Today is my DH and I's 2 wedding anniversary, wow... Seems like yesterday him and I were in middle school waiting for Friday night at the skating rink together...

lauraoct - 15.6 hours ago
i started leaking with my son at 16 weeks, think its different for everyone. This time because i stopped breast feeding on my right boob about two month ago its colostrum that comes out that side. I stopped feeding on my left about 3 or 4 weeks ago and its milk that comes out that one. Very weird. Think it is quite normal for some woman not to leak but are still able to breastfeed.

ethans-1st-time-mommy - 16.7 hours ago
I haven't had any leak yet but it takes barely anything to make it come out. I've started wearing nursing pads just in case, I'd hate to have an accident at work or in class.

mamaone - 17.6 hours ago
@waitingfornumber2- I just read that you feared that you might choke your first son and am afraid that my breasts are just growing. Itchy as hell and as much as I apply some vaseline to make them soft around the nipple they are like peeling off. Oh my!! and I hear when I give birth and they are full of milk they become hard as stones. I can only pray they revert back. This is my first baby and I have moved from a D cup to F!!!! Anyone having milk leaking out already? When should it start leaking or it doesn't happen always?

waitingfornumber2 - 1 days ago
My boobs are huge too, and I keep out growing my bras!!! When I had my first son I was afraid I was gonna suffocate him while trying to breastfeed!!!

citaylor - 1 days ago
peyton's mommy: I'm with you in the 'endowment' of pregnancy breasts... Sigh... Not only have they gone up 2 cup sizes - from an E to a G - they itch constantly even with lotion. I am so looking forward to 3 months postpartum, when the girls have calmed down enough to get into a more reasonable bra, lol!

peytons mommy! - 1 days ago
You should she my boobs after birth with my daughter they were the size of Dolly Parton or Pamala Anderson!! lol

wendy28 - 1 days ago
The boob thing is really funny. I just got new bras a month ago and now have to get new ones. I have grown from a full c to a DD.

beccanbaby - 1 days ago
hello week 29! currently fasting for my 2nd diabetes test tomm at 6:30 AM!!!! YYYYYUUUUCKKK!!!!!! Hope everyone is doing splendid!!

kbaby1 - 1 days ago
that is what i was wondering because i have jumped up a whole cup size and i am loving them!!!! they just look so nice ! ! ! my husband thinks its funny that i am all about my boobs now when before i wouldnt even talk about them.... now they are just the right size and they are so GREAT! i hope they stay this way.... which i know they won'tbut hey theres nothing wrong with a little wishing and hoping .....

las2010 - 1 days ago
kbaby- i didnt have a problem with my boobs before, but i must say lol, its fun now cuz they are a little bubblier and look nicer in a push up bra hahaah tmi tmi tmi

peytons mommy! - 1 days ago
I hate my new boobs and thas because they were big to begin with so now They just are way too big and hurt If I take my bra off!! I will share if anyone needs some! lol

LYLA2010 - 1 days ago
Hey everyone! Got a question...I just started walking again and when i do my stomache tightens right up and stays that way til im done my walk. I am also getting sharp pains on the lower right side when walking( this could be a stitch cuz i havent done any exercise throughout the winter)..has anyone else had this happen?

mainemomma - 1 days ago
Has anyone else not felt hiccups yet? I felt them at around 28 weeks with my son but nothing yet this time around. I hope that's not a bad thing?

kbaby1 - 1 days ago
let me ask a TMI kind of question to everyone! Are there any women in here that are just 'in love' with the new boobs?!

kbaby1 - 1 days ago
Thank you Billie ! ! !

Billie2009 - 1 days ago
kbaby1 ~ I feel for you so much. I hope you have a good network of family and friends around to help you. This is my second... so the best advice I can give you is to not be afraid to admit when you need help and don't be afraid to ask for help. I wish you the best. Take care.

kbaby1 - 1 days ago
Peytons-that sounds like my husband exactly!!!! OMG that is funny! This is our first baby but he will not be there for the birth because for one he is in the Navy (seabee) and for 2 our 'lovely' president decided to sign for a troop surge and he was bumped up 3 months so in the beginning we were expecting him to be home for the first 3 months of the baby's life and now he wont see his baby (in person) until she is 11 months old!!! but there is no point in stressing out about it because it does not help me or him we just have to shrug and get through it the best way possible! ah! military life .... you gotta love it!!!!!

waitingfornumber2 - 1 days ago
I think I'm gonna go get a pedicure today! My feet are awful, and I can't reach em! I've been feeling so down I really need something to make me feel better!!!

ethans-1st-time-mommy - 2 days ago
It just freaked me out because it shook me pretty hard. He seams fine today though.

dinorah - 2 days ago
Ethans, that actually happened to me last night! My whole belly was lopsided... in the weirdest way ever... then came the elbows and other strange movements... def uncomfortable, but I think he changed positions because I feel the sides of my belly kind of smushy (lol) and I feel some light movements up closer to my ribs (whereas I've NEVER felt anything up there before)... I think our convo yesterday about him being transverse may have given him the idea to move lol... I don't feel him in the same place, but again -- I'm no expert! I just know he's still in there and active :-)

ethans-1st-time-mommy - 2 days ago
Thank you I've been kinda freaking out. He's been moving around pretty normal today and the more I think about I think it was just the fact that I was on my side when he flipped so gravity made it worse than normal.

mrice322 - 2 days ago
Ethan, my baby has shaken my whole belly about half a dozen times. I think she is trying to find a more comfortable position. I think as long as he is moving that much afterward, everything should be OK.

ethans-1st-time-mommy - 2 days ago
Has anyones baby shaken their entire stomach? I think he was going from almost horizontal to vertical and my entire shook, I was laying down at the time. I'm freaking out. Called the hospital and they said drink juice and eat to see if he moves ok, I counted kicks after it happened and there were more than 10 in 45 minutes... Help!

waitingfornumber2 - 2 days ago
I went to see my friends baby today, she just had him last monday he's so cute and tiny, and so is she!!! She doesn't look like she just had a baby at all!!!

peytons mommy! - 2 days ago
My husband is usually not like that but for some weird reason he offered last night and i was not going to turn him down lol! You should have seen him while I was labor I hope he can make me laugh this time as much as he did with my daughter! Omg you guys would be cracking up. First he would take a water bottle and pretend that he was screwing the nurses behind there back which by the way was so funny that i was in pain but laughing so hard. Then they gave him oil to massage my back to make me relax and he did it even though he didnt want to! Well he was like the oil is all gone so enjoy it now and as soon as he was done the nurse brought in a whole cup full. His mouth droped and was not happy but made me laugh that he thought he was all done! He was just doing stupid stuff I think we were so past tired that made us crazy! lol Then when they told me that i was 10cm just need to get the baby to engage and I would be ready they said she would be out in no time. My husband said its the final countdown and If i shit you not (excuse my language) the song Its the final count down came on the radio! We were laughing so hard!!

dinorah - 2 days ago
I have to agree with that, I have 2 sisters and I loved growing up with them... we used eachothers stuff and I got advice from my older sister and my younger did the same with me. I couldn't imagine not having them, but at the same time, I loved having a brother too... Either way, you're good... I just want to have a few kids within 2 or 3 yrs apart so they can be close enough in age to get along and understand eachother. My brother and younger sister are 8 years apart... he always took care of and protected her, but it wasn't the same... still, though, a brother or sister at any age is a good thing!

ethans-1st-time-mommy - 2 days ago
Man that sounds good, oooh strawberry/rhubarb pie with icecream and whipcream. Dang it I need to buy some ingredients... Maybe that'll be this weeks ad for the barefoot and pregnant magazine.

BabyBsmomma (Joni) - 2 days ago
Ethan's- how bout some Rhubarb pie with whipped cream?! Mmmm ..my parents grow it, but i haven't had it forever! Thanks for the guess D! The generally consensus had been that it's a girl (with family and friends) still pretty much is except for 2 good friends that recently decided they KNOW it's a boy- haha..my guess is girl- which means it will be a boy, i thought Brae was a boy, until the U/S proved otherwise:) haha..i'm pretty good at guessing others, just not my own! I really am going to be so happy either way (i know people 'say' that, but i really do mean it!) either i have one of each or Braelyn has a sister she can grow up with like friends- just like me and my sister:)

dinorah - 2 days ago
BabyB, I don't know why, but I think you're having a boy too!! This is just a gut feeling -- but I'm thinking boy!!

dinorah - 2 days ago
Peytons, I'm jealous! lol... I cook and clean, and am the definition of Ethan's barefoot and pregnant lol... and he plays video games and watches tv and hangs out with our dogs... and I don't get a massage at night because he's 'too tired'... what a butt.

ethans-1st-time-mommy - 2 days ago
I was the poster woman of barefoot and pregnant yesterday. I got up (before my DH by about 2 hours) put laundry in, read the paper, then started making breakfast. Home made waffles with bacon and eggs. Then did dishes (we don't have a dishwasher yet) and more laundry. Ran a couple errands and took a nap. Got up did more laundry, baked rhubarb bread and did more dishes. Made chicken fajitas for dinner, did more dishes and laundry. I was in bed by 830. Yep that was my day, I wore slippers though. Lol

peytons mommy! - 2 days ago
Haha trying adding a husband in the mix and two dogs! Yesterday I got my husband to get up with our daughter and I slept 13 hours! I felt good yesterday but today TIRED again!! I can say my husband has seen me in alot of pain and being tired that he has been helping out a little well what he thinks is help bless him! lol He did give me a back massage last night when I was complaining about my back! So I guess i cant complain about him!

BabyBsmomma (Joni) - 2 days ago
Peytons- that sounds exactly like my daughter~! It's like why even bother cleaning?!?! My friend had a boy! Wahoo, time to go buy some blue when Braelyn wakes up! This is the first boy to be born in a group of friends in years! Literally everyone has had boys...that makes me think i'm having a boy now too- haha

dinorah - 2 days ago
Peyton, at least it's your daughter! That sounds like my DH lol

peytons mommy! - 2 days ago
hahaha your funny!! I get like that too where people drive me crazy! Im so sick of cleaning its not even funny! Its a never ending battle here! My daughter tears things apart! I fold laundry she unfolds it! I pick up her play room she goes in there and tears it up which is fine cause i would rather her be in there! All day im chasing her around im so TIRED! The up side is I got the babys bedding today! Havnt had a chance to put it in his room yet waiting till nap time!!

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