29 Weeks

We had a routine Dr. appointment today and everything went well. I hate seeing the number increase on the scale, but I know it's a good thing. The baby is measuring right on track and has a strong heartbeat. We start going to the Dr. every two weeks now...I can't believe the pregnancy is on the home stretch! Our Dr. asked to see the 3-D ultrasound pictures, which I had a few with me. He thinks he/she is chubby - lol- I love chubby babies! Here's whats going on during week 29:

If you’ve been feeling butterflies moving around in your belly, it’s not just your run-of-the-mill pre-birth performance anxiety. No, it’s your amazing baby with a case of the hiccups: a fairly common occurrence at this point resulting from practicing breathing for their big birthday. In addition, to getting a round of butterfly-like hiccups, your little swimmer has arduously managed to accumulate enough baby fat to account for nearly 3.5% of their overall body weight. Yeah, compared to we adults, it’s not a lot, but when they’re little like that—it’s certainly a healthy (and warming) accomplishment in its way. Another fantastic accomplishment: your baby's spleen is now in charge of hematopoiesis—the 10 dollar name for the process involved in building up certain important blood components. Another fantastic-accomplishment: your little monkey has been peeing into their amniotic sac for a little while now (this is why potty training takes a while) and if you didn’t know, actually swallows it along with the rest of the amniotic fluid. Although the concept is nasty, their urine is sterile and as part of the amniotic fluid base, is replaced several times throughout the day. So if you didn’t know before, now you can tell people, that yes, you drank your own urine—you were still in the womb, but nonetheless, you’ve been there.

In other baby news: We registered for baby stuff this past weekend at Target. We had so much fun! I let Adam feel important by being in charge of the scanner...he got a little out of control at times and scanned random things we were walking by, so I had to go online and do some editing! He wanted to register for a lot of random things that I had to decline...then he would say to my stomach, "Did you hear that baby? Your mommy is being mean and won't let you have that!" It was so cute...I still laugh about it.