Jan. 14: I’ve been fluctuating these days between feeling really-ultra pregnant-this-can’t-go-on with totally-normal-no-symptoms-even-sleeping-though-the-night. Now that I had a weekend of accomplishing things at home, I feel calmer knowing that “little sister” has a space prepared for her. Andrew has been so excited about tending to his dolly…putting her down for naps in the cradle, patting her when she cries, bringing her to me to give kisses.
I’m home with Andrew today, and then I have three days of work this week. My last day is Thursday! Hard to believe. It’s going to be some big life changes.
Babycenter.com Week 36 update
Your baby is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. She now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. She’s shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered her body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected her skin during her nine-month amniotic bath. Your baby swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of her first bowel movement.
At the end of this week, your baby will be considered full-term. (Full-term is 37 to 42 weeks; babies born before 37 weeks are pre-term and those born after 42 are post-term.) Most likely she’s in a head-down position.