30 weeks
26 August 2008 9:43 a.m.
Despite knowing that I have almost everything I need for a new arrival, I seem to be having the odd panic that I don't have enough ready just yet.
I think it's the realisation that I am into my last 10 weeks!!! Yippee!! I really am 3/4 through my pregnancy and the idea of time is getting ever more important as things draw ever nearer.
It's been a bank holiday weekend here in the UK and I must say that despite my lovely long weekend with bf and Matthew, the highlight was yesterday evening when I got to have a little cuddle with a 7 week old little boy named Alfie. He's my brothers best friends little boy and was so so sweet.
There's something so strange about motherhood and impending motherhood for a second time that you pick up a baby and it all just seems so natural and like yesterday that I had this cute little bundle of boyness myself. It did bring back alot of memories and I know that whatever sex this baby turns out to be that it will just be so exciting and special to have a little baby once again. Regardless of whether it is dressed in pink or blue.
Bless.
So the weekly statistics:
Week 30.He/she is now 15.7 inches (39.9cm) long and weighs almost 3 pounds.
He/she has the capability now to produce tears even in the womb.
Toenails are entering their final growth stage.
He/she spends more and more time practicing opening and closing eyelids. His/her eyes can move from side to side, following a light source. He/she may even reach out to touch the light.
A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds him. As he/she grows and fills your uterus, the amount of amniotic fluid will decrease.
Early lanugo is beginning to disappear that served to protect your baby's skin from the water in the womb. Your little one's own hair may begin to appear.