December 2009
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Our Pregnancy: 33 Weeks
With the exception of crying, your baby is capable of doing everything that a newborn baby will do. Your baby is restricted now inside of the uterus, but still can kick and move. Your baby sleeps a lot of the time, just as newborn babies do. Your baby’s eyes move in the manner of REM sleep and researchers believe that babies can dream vividly in uterus. When your baby is awake, she is...
Dec 29th
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Our Pregnancy: 32 Weeks
By week 32, your baby weighs nearly 4 pounds! The crown-to-rump length of your baby is approximately 11.7 inches and the total length is about 18.9 inches. The baby sleeps 90-95% of the day, and sometimes experiences REM sleep, an indication of dreaming. Now that your baby has grown so long and your uterus is higher, you might notice a new discomfort. Your baby is probably head-down and may...
Dec 19th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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Our Pregnancy: 31 Weeks
(It’s becoming increasingly difficult to find an accompanying photo. Maybe I’m looking in the wrong places, but when I do a Google image search, most of the results are from anti-choice websites. So, lots of aborted fetuses. Good grief.) This week marks an incredible milestone in your baby’s lung development. Before now, the air sacs and branches in your baby’s lungs...
Dec 12th
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Dec 5th
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Our Pregnancy: 30 Weeks
You may feel as if you have been pregnant forever at this point. It might be hard to imagine being pregnant for another ten weeks, but your baby still has a lot of growing and developing to do! By this time, your baby’s crown-to-rump length is a little over 10.8 inches and the total length of your baby is about 17 inches! Your baby weighs about 3 pounds now. Your uterus can be felt about 4...
Dec 5th
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Dec 2nd
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Best practices for photographing your children →
subcreation: Some useful general photography tips in there as well. (via petapixel)
Dec 2nd