Week 38 of Pregnancy: Preparing for Birth

Taking a moment for Mommy commentary here. . .
As of Saturday we are officially in our +/- 2 week window which means that baby bean could be expected any day from Saturday until the End of February. The big day is almost here!!! We will be sending out an almost immediate email from the hospital to announce the big arrival. It will come from a specially created email account for the occasion (Babymakesthree09@hotmail.com). This will not become my permanent email address- it was just the easiest way to make sure everyone gets notified. So stay tuned- things are going to get interesting. I will post again after my Dr's appointment thursday.



Only two more weeks (or plus two more, max) before your baby makes his or her appearance. And what an adorable appearance that will be! Your little one isn't so little anymore — weighing in at close to seven pounds and hitting the height charts at the 21-inch mark (or less).

As you prepare (best you can) for baby's ETA, he or she is also getting ready, big time. Vernix and lanugo continue to shed from your baby's body into the amniotic fluid. Your baby swallows that amniotic fluid (yum yum?) and some of it winds up in his or her intestines where it — along with other shed cells, bile, and other waste products (triple yum) — will turn into your baby's first bowel movement (meconium) and perhaps your first diaper change.

Your baby's lungs continue to mature as more and more surfactant is secreted (remember — it helps prevent the lungs from sticking to each other when your baby begins to breathe…definitely a good thing). At 38 weeks pregnant, all systems, almost go!