Your baby's crown-to-rump length at this time is approximately 14.4 inches and the total length is approximately 21.5 inches. The average baby weighs a little more than 7 pounds now and is preparing for birth. You are probably as big as you are going to get and may be uncomfortable now. Most women gain between 25 and 35 pounds during their pregnancy. Your uterus is about 7-8 inches above your bellybutton now.
Although your baby continues to grow and develop inside of your uterus, there is not much room for him to move about. All of your baby's organ systems are now complete and the lungs were the last to fully mature.
If you are uncomfortable with your pregnancy at this time, you are not alone. Most women are ready to deliver their babies. It would be very unusual for you to not be uncomfortable at this time. Your uterus has grown a lot and now fills your entire pelvis and abdomen. Try not to ask your doctor to induce you, unless it is medically necessary. Your cervix is ripening in preparation for delivery and your bladder is under a lot of pressure. You may feel nervous about the upcoming labor. You will know when you are in labor because contractions will get worse when you move around and they will also get stronger and more frequent. Other signs of labor are the breaking of your water or a bloody show as the mucus that plugged your cervix becomes dislodged.
Most of the lanugo on your baby should be gone by now. Your baby still may have some on his shoulders and in the creases of his body. Your baby's toenails have reached the end of his toes. The umbilical cord is about a half inch thick and may be wrapped around him. The umbilical cord still supplies the baby with nutrients that he needs. After delivery, your baby's umbilical cord will be clamped and cut. After it is cut, he will be an independent human being and must perform all of his body functions on his own. Your baby will get antibodies from your body that give his immune system a boost.
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Show latest comments from all weekstaysonrex -
1 minutes ago
Ladies - let's think positive ... what was your most absolute favorite thing about the last 9 months?
I think mine would have to be feeling the little kicks and responses to touches and sounds. He's always reacted to touch, but I put headphones on my tummy for the first time today and he reacted to a noise for the first time! It was so cute!becky468 -
1 minutes ago
Ok, I forgot to ask a question on my last post but,my mucus plug has been comming out a few times since last saturday. The first time it came out it was a huge glob and everytime after that it been medium size globs. Is this happening to anyone else?becky468 -
4 minutes ago
meg- i'm jelouse too. I kinda don't wanna come on anymore because everyone is haveing their babies. I'm also happy for them bu I wanna have my baby soon as well.taysonrex -
4 minutes ago
Megan- I agree, this website is great, but I've been reluctant to get on here because everyone is having their babies! Don't get me wrong, I'm excited for ya'll, I JUST WANT MINE TOO!!!! That way we can ALL celebrate together!megcantwaitforherfirst -
20 minutes ago
my appointment was major dissapointment today. no progress still 3 cm dialated and 50% effaced she has moved up and is now floating ugh... got a membrane sweep done little achy from that but it wasnt that bad i actually asked him if he had done one.. i enrolled in a membrane sweep study so they are going to track my progress i have another appointment on monday they will do another membrane sweep then... i was excited for today cuz he said if i was 4 cm i woulda got induced... he says if my BP keeps climing i will be induced next week... this website is getting a little depressing dont get me wrong yall are great im just wayyy jealous of all of you holding your babies :-( congrats to everyone and i hope i am next ahadasha -
25 minutes ago
http://www.contractionmaster.com/
what about this one?stacyellsworth -
38 minutes ago
thanks dasha. anyone know a different one. that one seems great but it wont let me do it without a printer and i dont have a printer so....any other suggestions on web site that have contraction timers?dasha -
45 minutes ago
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! I want to be skinny, and wear summer dresses, and little shorts... @#$(*@*!!! Keep seeing skinny minnies walking by and i'm so jealous...i can't even be grumpy with my hubby for sneaking a peek, because I'm looking too! OK. I'm done now. Thanks. :o)dasha -
47 minutes ago
hey stacey. try this one: http://www.babypatch.org/contrax.html
I remember someone posting a great one on here, but i lost the link.stacyellsworth -
51 minutes ago
anyone know a good website for a contraction timer?tmmaxwell06 -
1.4 hours ago
IM GETTING INDUCED ON THE 31ST!!! YAH!! MY DAYS OF BEING A HIPPO WILL SOON BE OVER WITH LOL aville -
2.5 hours ago
this may sound ignorant... but what exactly is the membrane sweep?
peytonsmommy22 -
2.5 hours ago
I'm officialy done answering my phone. How annoying is it for people to call and see if you've either had your child or how you're feeling. I feel like saying 'How did you effing feel at 40 weeks pregnant'. I'm so over this. If i had the child....you'd know. LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!carolynjh -
2.6 hours ago
Oh, and I got my membranes sweeped, let me tell you-if it doesn't hurt-they aren't doing it quite right! A female OB did it last week and was very gentle and I didn't feel much. This time I had my male OB and he did a really good sweep, then he asked if I wanted to go again and I said ok, let's get this party started and I almost ripped his arm off! I think she was gentle bc I was 38 weeks, but the closer you get the more willing they are to help you out!!! Hope it works, I'm still sore!carolynjh -
2.6 hours ago
Went to my appt. 3rd week of progress but no labor. I am still 2cm, but went from 75 to 80% effaced (is there really a difference) and she moved back up a little and is less engaged! Great, that's what I wanted to hear. I asked if walking would help, he said it's not really a guarantee. :( Well, I'm not overdue yet so I guess I can't complain, but I'm sad because I was only gone 4 hours and like 5 ppl posted about their newborns!!!! I want her out NOW!!!!jekajoy -
2.7 hours ago
Just got home from my ultrasound and 39 week appointment. Natalie is weighing in at 6 lbs and 1 oz (give or take 1/2 lb for accuracy?). My OB reviewed the ultrasound results and set my induction for tomorrow night! Yikes...definitely didn't expect that! She said the baby has gained 1 lb in 4 weeks and she's not getting the nutrition nor does she have any more room to grow in there. My amniotic fluid is at a really low level too. I'm only a fingertip dilated and still not thinning so I hpe my cervix cooperates! She would be better off with nutrition outside the womb. I'm going in tomorrow (Thurs) at 9 pm. I'm now officially nervous! taysonrex -
3.3 hours ago
I think I've decided that no matter what, I'm coming back in here, and not moving onto week 40 ... I don't want to pass that day without my baby in my arms, and it's tomorrow!!!! Grr... if he comes tomorrow I'll be VERY happy, and not care that I didn't go early!!! The whole pregnancy I thought (foolishly) that I would be holding a baby by the 24th of July, and the thought of having to wait longer kills me!newmommy0723 -
3.4 hours ago
Hey Girls so I just came back from my 40 week appt, so Im posting in here bc week 40 is pretty empty :( So she set me up to be induced on Sunday the 27th wooohooo, I feel like I just had a 100 lb weight lifted off my shoulders, and now I know when I will b able to hold my lil man...Yayyy and my BF was actually a lil emotional today, I think it finally set in that we are having a baby..Ok thought I would share my excitement with everyone..Belly rubs to all.....AZangelbaby -
3.5 hours ago
First day in 39th Week. Still no dilation after yesterdays appt. Ultrasound did show baby girl has dropped and is in position they said so I'll take that for now. They measure her to be roughly 7lbs 10oz. We'll see how accurate that is. Congrats to everyone who has already given birth. What a blessing. singinghide -
3.5 hours ago
After being induced at about 7 last night, I gave birth to Isaac James this morning at 4:04 AM. He weighed 8 lbs. 9 oz, and was 19 3/4 inches long. After 6 failed epidural tries, the 7th one finally worked! It was an amazing journey, and I'm so thankful for our little blessing!!!crazietink25 -
3.5 hours ago
Camden arrived on sunday July 20th. Birth story is up for anyone who wants to check it out! thanks for everything ladies! thing2 -
3.7 hours ago
Greeting ladies: I just wanted to share my good news that I had my baby on monday July 21st. I had a beautiful baby boy....Quinn Daniel... I'm still recovering from the c-section but honestly it's not that bad. I feel so blessed b/c he is healthy & happy. He is already breast feeding. He is such a cute little thing. I just love my new little man! I have my birth stiory up if you want to read it.
beloneesmommy -
4 hours ago
yay, shes here, Taliana Sofia came Sunday morning, 6 pounds and 5 oz 19.3 inches it felt like more than 6 pounds in there, labor was nuts. epidural was heaven!! hahahaha anywho she is still there she had a bowel movement inside me but i stil had a vag delivery, so she will be on antibiotics til saturday and they will be monitering her lungs, shes on oxygen but they keep reducing her need for it, hope she can come home sunday :-( i miss her !! its hard cause you think okay im going in with a big tummy and coming home with a full carseat. :-( becky468 -
4.5 hours ago
I don't have the guts to push out an 8 pounder or any pounder for that matter. I'm asking for all the drugs they can give me. lol. The women who are going natural are truley brave.1sttimemommy2be -
4.5 hours ago
hello mommies i already had my baby two months ago but i like to come on and she how all of you are doing! and to wish you all the best of luck!! and to all you mommies that love to read birth stories (i know i did)feel free to read mine i also have pictures! lol good luck mommies your almost there!!!!!emilyanne -
4.8 hours ago
So I just went to Midwife appt--have been 3-4 cm for 2 weeks now, and now am 80% effaced...baby is over 8 lbs and I am doing a natural birth! YIKES!!!!! Anyone else push out an 8 pounder naturally?dadinthemaking -
4.9 hours ago
Four days and counting!!! Lindsay was having BAD contractions there for about a week and a half, but the last week, it seems like......nothing,...... or she just doesn't tell me, ha ha! Congratulations to Every one!! Hang in there girls!!! Believe me....us daddys are very impressed with all that you do, and all the strength you have!! You all are truly amazing to us...
cantwait13 -
5.1 hours ago
hello ladies! hope everyone is well. i gave birth to our beautiful baby girl Heavyn. she was early. she was 4 pounds 7 ounces 17 1/2 inches long. she is so beautiful and tiny but very healthy. we came home in 3 days. good luck to all you ladies and congrats!!!MelisaK -
5.7 hours ago
Hi ladies, I posted a new profile pic. It is of Gracie and shows how pretty she really is. I just can't get over how beautiful she is. I am praying you all get your babies soon!!!dasha -
6 hours ago
oh. p.s.: now that the baby has dropped, and the top of my belly under my ribs is no longer 'full', does anybody else have super-sensitive skin? It feels like all the skin under my boobs and about 4 inches down my belly is sunburned...but its not. Is this normal?dasha -
6.1 hours ago
Mornin' Just checking in with everyone...seems like EVERYBODY but me seems to be dilated, effaced, ready, or scheduled for either a c/s or induction...so no fair. My belly feels VERY tight today, and I had a few shooting pains in my wazoo last nite, but other than that, nada. Have to say I'm a little nauseous today, and just really not feeling so hot. Maybe I shouldn't have had an omelet this morning....anyways. Am going to see my husband be a mascot today! He works for the police, and volunteered to be the mascot for a kids day, so I'm going to jump in a bus and head to the park...I think leaving the house and having some kind of activity will help. All I've done is hang around at home cleaning and taking the dog for bike rides for the past two weeks, so I think i'm itching for some action...Have a lovely day everybody! Here's hoping EVERYBODY goes into labor, because we're mostly all sick and tired!woopsiebaby -
6.2 hours ago
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE! Well, we had Camryn Friday the 18th at 8:28am. She weighed 6 lbs., 15 oz., 21 inches long. She is so beautiful! We are in full swing of moving out of our house. They took my bed at 7:30 this morning! I am staying at a relatives tonight. The baby is doing great. I've had some yucky pain after the c-section, but it's getting better. I posted some pictures of Camryn on my profile. Hope you are all doing well. It feels very strange not to be pregnant. GOOD LUCK LADIES! It's worth the wait!!!taysonrex -
6.3 hours ago
Well ladies, I'm still here ... apparently my day and a half long contractions were a false alarm. They got to the point where I had to breathe to get through them, and they were that way for about an hour, and I had told hubby to go make sure his bag was packed, but then stopped. We went and walked around the mall for 2 hours, and I got some small contractions last night, but nothing big. That was a disappointment, my due date is tomorrow and I was really hoping I would go by then. mommyxs3 -
7.3 hours ago
Got the crib put together last night! YAY! Dh was so sweet and did most of it. It was his birthday and I told him it could wait but he went ahead and did it because he said it made him happy to see me so excited. Soooo...it's up. :) I love him. Now, if I could only get this little one to understand how excited I would be to see her! haha. Dr. tomorrow..wish me luck ladies!Alicia23 -
8 hours ago
Been having niggling pains from about 11pm last night, but no contractions :( it may be the start of something though :) if not only 5 days till my c-section.
apreece -
8.1 hours ago
I was supposed to be at the hospital for an induction at 8:00 am this morning but the hospital called me at 10:30 pm last night and told me that all the rooms were full and to call before I came in. I called this am and all the rooms are still full. Now, I have to wait until someone is released, and then they will call me to come in. This sucks!carolynjh -
8.2 hours ago
False alarm! Hubby and I did baby dance last night, woke up at 2am and was in major pain with contractions, lasted about an hour on and off, then I fell asleep on the couch :( I thought today was the day! Have an appt in 2 hrs, hopefully more progress has been made, maybe they will do a sweep! Mom coming today, don't want to make her wait too long!hayleyredfern -
8.5 hours ago
What do they do when they do a sweep? xxxJanellemarie -
9.3 hours ago
Well I am off to be induced. EKKKKK So nervous!jekajoy -
11.1 hours ago
Here I am at 4:30 in the morning wide awake. Baby has been moving like crazy, still hasn't dropped. I'm starting to wonder if she'll come on her own. I really don't want to be induced but I don't want to go to 42 weeks either. I have an appointment in a few hours, so we'll see how that goes. Dreamt that they didn't even check me for dilation or anything...sad how everything I dream is about the pregnancy LOL Breakfast time I suppose?megcantwaitforherfirst -
11.7 hours ago
i havent slept all night cuz im nervous about my appt tday if im still 3 cm they will just sweep my membranes and send me home but doc said if i was 4 cm theyd keep me i dont really know what that means like if they are going to induce or not but im trying not to get my hopes up my appt is in 4 hrs and i havent slept all night and im just a bundle of nerves i sooo want to be 4 cm dialated but at the same time im kinda nervous if i am what they will do since he didnt really tell me much at my last appt. ahh who knows so either ill be back here after my appt or aparently back here with a baby wish me luck ladies and good luck to all of youhayleyredfern -
13 hours ago
Hi,
Is anyone else's baby not moving as much now, mine is more shuffles than kicks? xLookitsErin -
13.1 hours ago
aparently I am the only one who can't sleep tonight... darn I was hoping I would have some company on here...
well.. the BD isn't working exactlly how I wanted it too... It just woke my baby up.. now she hasn't quit moving since about 11 pm tonight... ugh!!! Looks like tomorrow is going to be a long tired day!noahsmom -
15.8 hours ago
My son Caleb was born on Thursday the 17th! He weighed 8 lbs 1 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. I'm home now recovering from my c-section which is still painful but thank God everything went well and my son is healthy. Good luck to all you ladies with your up and coming births!!! becky468 -
16.7 hours ago
Everyone seems to be getting the membrain sweep. I'm getting one Friday and i'm wondering how painful it was?charlestongurl -
17 hours ago
Okay.. went to the doctor the other day because i was having major cramps that i could not get rid of.. apparently they were contractions but no progress is being made here, no dialation... i felt like such a dummy!! Oh well, better safe than sorry i guess. I have my next appt on Friday and I am due on Monday... we will see what she says. It is now 11:30pm my husband is asleep and I cannot sleep... I cant get comfortable... I just cramp but it is not constant enought to be the real contractions... so i am up watching Jay Leno... and going to the bathroom every 10 minutes it seems...
any way... just wanted to vent mommad -
19.2 hours ago
Venting...I've been up since 5:15 this morning. I went to work at 7:30, worked until 2, went to the dr, took my daughter to get her allergy shots, and came home and cooked dinner. Then we had to race off to go to open house at her summer program where it was at school that has no air conditioning and it was 95 degrees today. She performed a dance routine and there weren't enough seats so I stood most of the time until a nice man finally offered his seat. Then we have to walk around and up 3 flights of stairs to visit her other classes. I have the waddle going on and am very slow and she just leaves me behind. Then there is a bad storm and it wipes out the power lines in the area so no gas stations' credit card machines are working and my gas light has been on since I left this morning and I have no cash! I cried all the way home in fear of running out of gas and just b/c of exhaustion. The DH couldn't make it b/c he had to work late. I came home crying I told him to just leave me alone. Tomorrow must be better! Thanks for listening!melissa-xo -
19.2 hours ago
Hi ladies... well wish me luck, I had my doc appt today, and so far I'm 2cms dilated and they swept my membranes... so they told me within the next 24hrs. Been having contractions ever since... but waters haven't broken yet. About the spotting - I haven't had any spotting... doc said, you might and you might not..? anywho - keep your fingers crossed for me girls!MelisaK -
19.4 hours ago
Ok ladies I have posted the birth story and some photos. I will post more photos later. Gracie and I are doing great. mj -
19.7 hours ago
So my Doctor is going to induce me on the 31st... she is going to just break my water... I don't really have enought faith that, that will be aggressive enough to bring on labor... and I DO not want cytotec OR pitocin... *grumble*... I know with an induction your chances of c-section are greatly increased... *crossing fingers that baby will come on her own*...