Your baby's crown-to-rump length this week is approximately 12.8 inches and the total length is around 19.8 inches at this time. Your baby now weighs almost 5 pounds. From your bellybutton, it is about 5.6 inches to the top of your uterus. Measurements of your uterus vary from woman to woman. You should not worry if you do not measure the exact same as your pregnancy friends or family members as long as you are growing appropriately. When your uterus grows and gets larger at an appropriate rate, it shows that your baby is growing well inside of your uterus.
Braxton-Hicks contractions are going to get stronger and more frequent within the next few weeks. Braxton-Hicks contractions feel like a tightening at the top of your uterus that spreads down and then relaxes. Many women mistake Braxton-Hicks contractions for true labor contractions, but this is rarely the case. Braxton-Hicks contractions will diminish if you get up and walk around and they should not be painful.
Your baby's hair continues to get longer and thicker. Your baby's hair color probably is not going to be the same color from birth onwards, so you should expect it to change in color. Your baby is shedding most of lanugo, but the amount of vernix caseosa is increasing. Your baby is taking calcium from you to lay down lots of bone. Continue to take your prenatal vitamins and drink milk to ensure that you receive enough calcium.
If you were to deliver your baby now, it would probably be called a pre-term infant instead of premature. The only difference is in the maturity, particularly lung maturity. A pre-term baby is less likely to need intensive care because its lungs have developed. Doctors can test lung maturity with an amniocentesis that checks levels of surfactant.
The baby now rests on your uterus and is no longer floating.
Fingernails now reach over the finger tips and the baby can scratch itself.
adriana03 - 27 minutes ago
mommyagain> my tree is up lol.. its pathetic cuz i have a pumpkin right next to it..lol.. i dont think that i will want to right when the baby is due so i just figured right now that i still have the energy.
stephanie fairbanks - 2 hours ago
5 weeks 3 days left, pregnancy is too long, im glad im not an elephant even though i feel like one lol
mommyagain3 - 2.1 hours ago
Anyone put there Christmas stuff up yet? We are going to this weekend since Hubby is off 4 days and I dont think I will feel like it afterwards. I like to have my tree up for Thanksgiving anyway, but we are only putting one tree up this year and not some much decorating since Hubby will have to do most!
adriana03 - 2.8 hours ago
week 34, no progress:( ...around two more weeks to go for me....
MrsPDM - 3.4 hours ago
Ian Mum, I am GD and my sugars range from 4.3 to 12.9 during any single day. I have sorted my diet now so that I am averaging just below 7.5 at worst. My dietician told me that we should be between 4.5 and 8.0 so if you are always in the mid-range you should consider asking if you only need to test once a day. NOrmally they ask you to do after breakfast day 1, after lunch day 2 & then after dinner day 3. Hope this helps, there really doesn't seem a reason to test all day long if you don't need to. Its just something else for you preggo brain to remember. Good Luck I have gained 28lbs so far but seem to be losing 2lb a week with this new diet.
allsmiles - 6.2 hours ago
Anyone have a constant dull ache in their rib cage/back?
bowserbaby1 - 8 hours ago
So, I got some happy news this evening. I went into a shop that I frequent on the first friday of the month (we have an art walk in my city on the first friday) and as I came up to the register to make my purchase the owner's wife asked if I had a doula. I told her that I had been wanting one, but that all of them in the city were too expensive. Apparently she is a new doula and she has offered her services to me for FREE! I'm so excited because I didn't think I would ever be able to have a doula :) I guess that it was about time that something happy happened to my husband and I, LOL. Have any of you ever had a doula? Was your doula helpful?
bonella - 8.8 hours ago
with my first pregnancy I gained 35kg(77lb) and the second one 30 kg(66 lb) I have only gained 16 kgs(35lb) so far..At the moment I am gaing 1kg a week..
heatshirtz - 16.1 hours ago
1st baby gained 20 lbs, second baby gained 10 lbs. Gained 6 lbs with this one so far, however I wasn't skinny to begin with. Doc says baby is getting what she needs from me even though I'm not gaining that much. Both of my boys were under 6 lbs, I hope this little girl is bigger than them.
doublemama - 16.1 hours ago
ive gained 27 lb..but im gonna say that 2lb was the big lunch i ate that da..and 5 lb are my boobs haha...(gotta cling to anything thatll make us feel good at this pt right??)...i gained 47lb w my daughter n lost 50 lb thru breastfeeding within 5 months..so im not too concerned.
afford527 - 16.4 hours ago
Went to my OB today, found out through my ultrasound that he is at 6.7 pounds, and was fully alert and smiling, we thought at one time he was playing with the technician trying to get him to move his arm from his face. He's definitely is going to be a daddies boy, everytime he hears my husbands voice it feels like he wants to jump out of me and run to him. Some other good news we found out was that he finally moved down head first, we were getting concerned. I've gained 38 lbs. I hope everyone else experience is going great also.
k20cl5 - 17.4 hours ago
Hahaha! I think I've got everyone beat on the weight gain.. With my 1st I gained 75lbs. With my 2nd I gained 80lbs. And after both I was back into my size 0's within 6months :) and with this one I have gained 60lbs so far! I eat what I want when I want. When I'm not preggo I can eat what I want when I want!! I am blessed with a high metabolism! And chasing after kids helps too! All tho my hubby tells me all the time he's gonna tie me up to the car and make me walk to loose some of this baby weight! LMAO! I'd like to see him try ;)
tawnya. - 18.2 hours ago
Mrs Udezeh-the measurement is very subjective. The baby could have dropped and changed the measurement. It does change the measurement as the baby drops. Don't let it worry you too much. You should be breathing a little better, because you have less pressure against your lungs :)
Mrs Udezeh - 18.4 hours ago
I dont have GD and my doctor hasn't said anything about my weight gain he said it was normal.. Last appt i had i actually lost half a pound and my utuerus was measuring at 34 inches then at my last appt my doc said 30 inches i didn't know how that was possible but he said bc the baby has dropped so has my uterus.. Does that sound normal??
tawnya. - 18.7 hours ago
cmdbaby-your doing a great job at controlling your sugar intake and you baby is average weight. Keep up the good work. You have 2-5 more weeks to go and it sounds like your baby is on its way to being average size. Good Job!!!
Ians Mom - 18.8 hours ago
I have a gestational diabetes question. One of my results was 0.01 over the accepted limit. So i had to go for diabetes counselling and nutritional counselling. I have been checking my BG levels 4 times a day for weeks. My BG is never higher that about 5.6 or 5.7 ( no matter what i eat......) So do i have GD or not? What are other people's BG numbers??? I'd love to know some comparisons. I do mine 2 hours after eating breakfast, lunch and dinner. I also do one first thing in the am to check my fasting (which i don't really fast b/c i get up in the middle of the night for a snack 9 times out of 10).
one.of.each - 19 hours ago
My minor is in nutrition (although I don't have traditional RD beliefs towards nutrition). Baby's preferred energy source is glucose (sugar which is energy, but the average person calls energy calories). So there are a couple ways to get a big baby without much weight gain. If you consume a diet that is high in carbs (mostly simple carbs), then the baby will snag the sugar in your blood and less of it is taken up by Mom's cells. If you have diabetes (GDM or DM, even metabolic syndrome), your body is not efficiently absorbing much of the sugar in your blood, and, therefore, leaving a surplus in your system for baby to feed from. Baby will get big quick with all those extra calories around. Women who have a poor insulin response prior to discovering they are pregnant have much larger babies. There is already lots of excess sugar floating around in their blood. The baby soaks up those calories (sugar) and outs it on a trajectory of being a much larger baby throughout the entire pregnancy. Prepregnancy weight and weight gain are not always indicators for a large baby or a small baby.
cmdbaby - 19.6 hours ago
Those of you in the weight discussion, do any of you have the Gestational Diabetes? Both my other children were 9.8 and 9.2 (18 & 15 years ago - lol) I gained between 28 and 38 pounds with both of them. I've only gained about 12 with this one, but I'm really trying to watch the sugar. Baby right now is only 5 to 6 pounds. Should I be concerned? I wouldn't know what to do with a really small baby?!? Scary to me.
jamielynn1980 - 19.9 hours ago
I totally agree that it depends how heavy you were pre pregnancy as well as your frame. I had an extra 20 lbs on me when I started the pregnancy and I actually lost 10 lbs, then gained back 15 so I guess I'm at a plus 5 for the entire pregnancy. My Dr.'s goal was 15-25 for me so as long as I don't have any major scale jumping I should stay in that goal range. This baby seems bigger to me than my first but time will tell.
Mrs Udezeh - 20.7 hours ago
I think it all depends on the size you are before being pregnant as well. I wish all you moms the best :D
hjwelch - 20.8 hours ago
Yeah..I am only 5'2' so am small but at 133 I was not skinny but not too big, and I gained more weight in the first trimester than now. Granted, I am a teacher so the end of the first trimester and most of the second were when I was home for the summer and ate a lot because I could constantly eat something. Working occupies me so that I get caught up and forget..
mommyagain3 - 20.8 hours ago
So far 7 lbs with this one, I gained 15 total with my son and we was 9 lbs 4 oz. All belly both times, Dr. is happy with my weight right now, I gained the most these last 2 weeks being 2 lbs, im sure at least a pound of that went to baby girl! She is measuring 2 weeks ahead still, and was told that if I go into labor now, they will let me have her!
lilmum2002 - 21.1 hours ago
so far I'm only about 5 lbs but my dr hasn't said anything as I was slightly overweight before and my belly is growing the way it should so he isn't concerned. With my last son I only gained 3lbs the entire time and he was 7lbs 1 oz, my dr has said that being a smaller person, being only 4 foot 9 the normal 25+lbs wouldn't neccesarily be the best for me.
emy1213 - 21.1 hours ago
Hjwelch- i gained 10 lbs with my first son and he weighed 7 lbs 12oz @ birth...guess it really just depends but my dr swore up and down i would have a tiny baby and i didn't! good luck!
doublemama - 21.3 hours ago
hjwelch..i have a friend that was just like u..she started out around the same weight and just didnt gain too much..my advice to u is to seriously pig out..her baby ended up being 5lb4oz..and the first month was pretty hard, baby couldnt regulate her body temp so they couldnt leave the house n had to have the heater on n extra blankets on baby, and had lots of feeding issues. she is totally fine now, but it was just a rough start for em.
hjwelch - 21.8 hours ago
I have only gained about 18 lbs and the doctor is not happy. I eat...but apparantly not enough and I have noticed that lately I really have very little appetite. I am truly all belly, was 133 to start with, so I thought I would gain a ton, but not so :)
Mrs Udezeh - 22 hours ago
I have gained 40lbs but u wouldnt know it.. The only other thing besides my belly that got bigger was my face and bum lol.. I dont mind anymore i am sure i will go back down in weight and i plan on excercising anyways as my husband is in the military and knows how to motivate me lol
tawnya. - 22.1 hours ago
for the first time in my life I am not bothered by my body...I have gained 26lbs so far. It is hard mentally when you get weighed in and it keeps going up. My husband helps by calling me beautiful all the time(I don't know if he is telling the truth or not but it makes me feel good.) Another thing I noticed is that as my boobs and belly get bigger my butt looks smaller ;-)
one.of.each - 22.5 hours ago
Geez, my figure left me a couple months ago. I always want to take a bath, but then I have to stare at myself naked. It's not a fun experience. I gained 35lbs, what are you all at?
MrsPDM - 1 days ago
So, I just saw the midwife and she seems to think that the best thing for me to do is call an ambulance if my waters break. Apparently she thinks I might labour extremely quick. Good thing or bad thing with a one year old in tow?
doublemama - 1 days ago
i have an itchy section, like at the top middle of my stomach..there is nothing visible on the skin however, im chalking it up to my skin stretching...tummy butter helps a bit but im not gonna think too much of it unless it starts to interfere with my life!
hjwelch - 1 days ago
Last day in week 34 for me :) Will be nervous all of next week as that was when I went into labor with my daughter. The nursery is ready, save a rocking chair and I am almost ready but want to get through Thanksgiving at least! See you on the other side :)
Oh..and I came home the other day so cranky and broke down because my DH and SD were home all day with a cough but they had messaged me that they were fine and yet I came home to dishes in the sink and the kitchen a mess, etc. etc.
The following day, my DH finished the nursery, so my breakdown must have had some effect!
steph2009 - 1 days ago
TR-Baby2 - Can you call your local Labour and Delivery/Midwifery ward? Maybe they could offer you some advice? Also, my reading has revealed that there are lots of different reasons that us poor pregnant folk can end up so itchy... Obstetric Cholestasis is only one of the possibilities, so please, don't despair yet... wait until you can get some advice... Maybe have a cold shower, apply some calamine lotion and try your best to rest until you can get hold of a doc/midwife... Good luck lovely... I'm sure you'll be fine xo
TR-Baby2 - 1 days ago
34w/3d for me, and suddenly FREAKING OUT!! I just recently (as in a few days ago!) moved to a new town - my body has been itchy all over and driving me batty - I just thought it was a change in water, or worse -> BUGS in the new apartment! Well, the itching has been getting really annoying, so I referenced my books for help - turns out that all-over itching w/out a rash is BAD!!! OMG!! Something refered to as HELLP Syndrom on this site. Anyway, I don't even have a doc here yet - what do I do?? Try to get into a doc TODAY, or go to ER?? I'm SCARED, this can HARM my baby, or worse... Anyone else ever had this (AKA Obstetric Cholestasis) What happened? How were you diagnosed/treated? Did they induce ASAP?? PLZ advise!! I'm afraid the doc will brush this off as normal, dry, itchy skin - it's NOT NORMAL! I feel like I have BUGS for Pete's Sake!! oh, and No, it's not 'PUPPPS' (that has a rash - I have NO rash) Hopefully, I'm JUST paranoid, BUT please say a prayer for my little one anyway. Thanks!!
Kate72 - 1 days ago
Hi. I just ha an ultrasound because my fundal mesurement was 40cm yesterday. My ultrasound showed that bub is the size of an average 37 week and 4 day bub. is anyone else measuring big?
steph2009 - 2 days ago
Almost had my little ones... have just come home from 48 hours in hospital with lots of contractions and a lost mucous plug... Home again now, dosed up to the eyeballs on meds to suppress the contractions and see if we can keep these two little fellas in for a little longer... Very exciting and nerve wracking all at once...
Natalie-and-Bump - 2 days ago
Anyone else feeling like their baby's seriously running out of room in there? Even under a t-shirt, I can kind of see baby's basic outline, and when it turns or kicks, it's so visible. Poor baby must be so squashed! Hope you all enjoy a restful weekend - we've earned it! xx
PokeysMum - 2 days ago
I'm so tired today, just thankful it's Friday. We got our blinds delivered this morning at 7am. They look fabulous but I had to clean all the windows before they went up because they are all white. So have been up since 5:30am. Luckily hubby has gone away fishing this weekend so I can lie around doing not very much and not feel guilty. Bring on 5pm!!!
mommyagain3 - 2 days ago
Had Dr. appointment today, I have now gained a total of 7 lbs, gained 2 in 2 weeks. Baby is measuring 36 weeks, said if I go into labor now, they wont stop it!!
nikki harms - 2 days ago
brewer - oh right, i guess it doesnt work for everyone, infact im not sure it works for me because they fade away after a bit anyway haha.
CMDBABY- wow i have been getting really hormonal too, i am quie an emoth=ional person anyway but i have evenings where i just sit there and cry, and when my other half asks what up i just dont have an answer for him lol, i can also be snappy, but dave says thats just me not the pregnancy hahaha xx
tidemars - 2 days ago
Breastfeeding vs. formula is always a hot topic I guess.
Personally I did both with both my previous children. I went back to work when my dd (16) was 5 weeks old, and when my ds (13) was 3 weeks old. They both received formula when I was gone, and 'boobie juice' when I was home. Both kids are very affectionate (even now), and 3.0+ students. They both have very good immune systems as well. I also stopped breastfeeding when I started them on solid foods, which was around 4-6 months. I expect to do the same for this little girl as I did for her siblings. The only real difference is that I am in my mid-late 30's, and I am now self-employed. I was never a big fan of the pumps, having grown up on a cattle ranch. They just don't (or didn't) work for me. Don't plan on using one this time either.
Really I think it is whatever works best for the parents, and everyone's individual lifestyle. I know children who were breastfed for 1+ years, and children who never had breast milk, and they are all just fine. As the parent it is up to us to decide what will work best for us, and our kids. As long as they are loved, and taken care of, who cares?
As I said, even as teenagers, both my kids are extremely loving, but I don't think that has anything to do with what they ate, or didn't eat, as babies. Again...do what works best for you & your family, and don't worry about anyone else or their opinions....
brewer - 2 days ago
nikkiharms- My pain gets worse the more I walk . Thats what I dont understand.
cmdbaby - 2 days ago
Hello everyone - this sounds bad, but I'm so glad I'm not the only one who feels like crap! I've been snapping at everyone and I just want to sit and have a good cry! Brewer - I've been feeling that same way. Braxton Hicks pains should go away with mild walking. I guess it's mother natures way of getting you ready for the real thing!?!
nikki harms - 2 days ago
i have been having braxton hivks since 6 months preg LOL but didnt get them till last few weeks with my gfirst xx
nikki harms - 2 days ago
hi week 34!!!!
braxton hicks are false contractions, sometimes they hurt and sometimes they are just uncomfortable... your tummy will tighten and go rock hard for a while but normally walking will ease them off xxx
brewer - 2 days ago
What does braxton hicks fell like? I am not sure if I am having them . When I get up to walk it hurts so bad that sometimes I could cry. Not sure what it could be????
MaineMama - 2 days ago
With regards to the breastfeeding discussions out there: I nursed my daughter until she was about 17 months. I only stopped because it was getting painful due to my pregnancy. She never had a problem eating other foods and she is both a cuddler and very independent. I'm hoping to nurse this new baby until he weans himself.
MaineMama - 2 days ago
My daughter has been showing a huge preference for my husband ever since my belly started getting bigger. I just don't have the energy to chase her around the house the way he can! I'm hoping she'll go back to being mommy's girl once my energy is back. It's sad for me, but I'm trying to stay positive.
Mrs Udezeh - 2 days ago
Awww Ladies Cheer up just remember even tho we are all going thru hell it will all be worth it in the end when we hold our little ones :D
christinaa - 2 days ago
it feels so good to come to this site and know that im not the only one who is miserable. I am so tired of being pregnant. i was put on tamiflu yesterday because my brother-in-law who i was with last weekend was diagnosed with the H1N1. I see this man maybe three times a year. Figures. I do have head cold. I am so tired of my back hurting. i cant sit on the floor and play with my daughter or really do anything fun with her and I think she really hates the huge baby bump. before I got pregnant she would run to me as soon as I came into daycare. now she could care less. the daycare lady she loves has to carry her out to the car and put her in her carseat because she doesnt want to come home with me. talk about heart wrenching. so i have that on top of already feeling physically terrible I feel emotionally terrible as well.
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