07-10-2008 - 26 weeks! Belly Pics..

My mood while writing this blog: Excited

By this week, your baby's crown-to-rump length is approximately 9.2 inches. Remember, that is only from the top of his head to his bottom and does not include his leg measurements! Your baby weighs almost 2 pounds and is beginning to put on weight. Your uterus is about 2.5 inches above your bellybutton and you will continue to grow approximately 1 cm each week. If you have been eating a well-balanced diet, you probably have gained about 16-22 pounds so far. Because your baby has moved further up, you may get occasional pain underneath your ribs.



After a month of having his eyelids sealed shut, your baby begins to open his eyes again this week. Your baby's eyes are almost completely developed. Your baby's eyes are blue in the womb and may change colors later in life. This is true for all races because the pupils do not have their final color until a few months after birth. However, some babies are born with darker or lighter shades of blue. Your growing baby will continue to put on layers of fat until he is born. He is still lean at this point of the pregnancy though. By the time your baby is born, he will assume the typical newborn's plumpness. Your baby's skin will still be wrinkled and red, but the fat continues to fill the skin out.

Finger and toe nails continue to grow.

Blood vessels start to develop in the lungs to prepare the baby for life outside the uterus.

Your baby's blood circulation is completely functional. The umbilical cord system continues to grow and thicken as blood travels with considerable force through the body to nurture the baby. The placenta is now almost equal in size to the baby.

Even though it is still way too soon for your baby to be born yet, the chance of survival without severe abnormalities is now 70% provided it is born in a hospital.

26.3 weeks! I'm so excited that it's going quickly :) I can't wait until he gets here! I registered on Sunday for the baby shower which is going to be held the weekend of November. I've thrown two showers for my sister so she's excited to be able to throw one for me finally! I'm so relieved to be past the 'danger' point for beanie.. if he does come now he will have an good chance of surviving! I just hope his weight is going up! I haven't grown much and am WAY under the normal weight gain for this week. I just keep eating and drinking my protein shakes hopeing for the best for the little guy. My next drs. appointment is in two weeks (seems like forever!) so I'll be 28 weeks. After that I start my once every two weeks appointments which is great because I love going in and hearing that everything is fine.. the once every 4 weeks aren't good for me because by the time my appointment rolls around I've managed to have myself properly freaked out that something is going wrong.. *sigh*. Thats just me though! I bought the bebe doppler from babies-r-us but haven't been able to hear the heartbeat yet.. just kicks and things. The other day I had it balancing on my belly trying to aviod finger interference and he kicked it right off my belly! Yesterday I was listening to it in the morning and he kicked directly on the thing.. I swear I was almost deaf for a couple minutes it made such a loud sound! If I want to feel him move I just stick the doppler on there and he starts kicking away.. I wonder why it bothers him? Maybe he just doesn't like being poked. At my last appointment my midwife found his head and pushed on it abit and he really freaked out.. it took her forever to try to find his heartbeat because he kept squirming around. She just laughed and said that she must have made him mad. I took new pictures.. my little halloween pumpkin is growing!

I look bigger without a shirt on. You can see the round indentions now where the uterus is. I think I look wide because he is laying sideways. Good thing though no pain in the ribs yet!

Still hard to tell from the front view for some people! My family can tell... my guy friends have been so kind as to inform me that my boobs are getting big (lol).

My little beanie! (my fat pants... sooo comfy!)

Still working on his nursery closet!

Some of his stuffed animals in his co-sleeper (crib isn't finished yet).

All his clothes washed and clean! All his clothes, blankets, hats, bibs, etc. took three loads in my small washer lol!