Three Quarters There! 30 Weeks

This week Baby Sonny is about 16 inches long and weighs approximately 2.75 to 3 pounds.  He is roughly the size of a big squash.  Although he hasn't gained much in length or weight this past week, his brain continues to rapidly grow.  Up until now the surface of his brain has been smooth, but now his brain is beginning to form characteristic grooves and indentations.  These wrinkles allow for an increased amount of brain tissue and more closely resemble an adult brain.  In addition, this week his bone marrow has taken over production of red blood cells.  Before now mostly his spleen has been mass-producing red blood cells.  Every week it's exciting for us to learn the changes occurring with Baby Sonny

It's amazing to think that we are three quarters of the way through pregnancy.  It looks like it's almost time for a count down, 10 weeks to go, or 70 days!


Tonight Jeff and I had our first Birth Class.  It was held at my hospital and we both learned a thing or two.  Jeff did not know that labor has 3 different stages and it is a much more active process than he imagined.  He thought women usually are in bed during labor, but walking around, moving, and changing positions can not only help relieve labor pains, but can actually help speed labor along.  I learned various techniques to help deal with my recent back discomfort.  We discussed making motions with your hips like hula-hooping or lunging gently to the side.  These techniques can help alleviate the pressure of the baby on the spine and may even reposition baby away from the spine.  The best part of class was when we discussed massage techniques and the dads got to practice on their partner's back!  That's also a homework assignment :)

Today my boss asked if I wanted to stop taking overnight and long shifts (16 hours) during the last month of my pregnancy.  Yes please!  I feel a little guilty having my colleagues cover my overnight shifts for one month before and during my maternity leave.  My boss and coworkers think it will be too stressful for me to work those hours when I will already be exhausted.  I consider myself very fortunate to have such supportive and caring colleagues.

This week we've also started cleaning out our second bedroom.  Jeff had been using it as his office, but now his office has moved into the dining room.  Poor Jeff got displaced.  Yesterday I spent my time organizing items from that bedroom, making a pile for Goodwill, vacuuming, cleaning, and getting the room ready for Baby Sonny.  Not sure, but I may have started "nesting."  Baby Sonny's furniture arrived while we were on vacation, soon we will have a place for it!

30 Weeks

Jack wanted to get in the photo