mommy at 34 weeks

Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long. Her fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born — are filling her out, making her rounder. Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well. If you've been nervous about preterm labor, you'll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies.

Lately, mom's back has been hurting, but imagine mine would too if I was carrying a cantaloupe around all the time.

We started our 'Ready, Set, Deliver' classes and both of us learned a lot in the second class (in the first class we had a sub, and you know how that goes - not much learning but lots of 'heads-up-seven-up'). The classes are fun and we've met a pair of couples we like.

Well, got to go, I'm being called to feel our little girl dancing in mom's tummy.