All about Baby "Tobe" II

First off, Mom is doing well and sat up today. However, she is still groggy from the pain medicine as she let Dad win at cards!

Had another doctor's appointment today. By my calculations I'm 32 weeks pregnant, the doctor says the baby is measuring at 33 weeks - so time is ticking away!!

The baby has also turned, which explains all the kicking in the ribs I'm getting. The placenta is also looking good, and there is plenty of water in there.

My hemoglobin is a touch low, so I'm to eat more beef. No problem! I had a steak for lunch. Yummy.

Now, Joe and I don't want to find out the gender, but I think the doctor let it slip. While doing the ultrasound, she said, "there's the legs and there's the thing". Confirming (I believe), my belief that baby tobe is a boy. I wish she hadn't slipped up though. Oh well.

Here is some information on baby development at week 33:

• Amniotic fluid is at its highest level during your pregnancy.
• Your baby's head size has increased 3/8ths of an inch due to rapid brain growth.
• Neurons and synapses are developing in huge numbers -- forming connections in your baby's brain will give him the skills he needs to thrive as a newborn. This week, he may be able to coordinate sucking and swallowing with breathing.
• While most of his bones are hardening, his skull is quite pliable and not completely joined. The bones will be able to move slightly to make birthing easier.
• You baby takes intermittent deep breaths -- of water! That's okay, though since she gets oxygen from the placenta. This breathing exercises muscles and encourages her lung cells to produce more surfactant (a protein essential for healthy lung development).
• If your baby is a boy, his testicles will be descending from his abdomen into his scrotum. Sometimes one or both testicles won't move into position until after birth.
• Your infant is now 17.2 inches (43.7cm) long and weighs 4.23 pounds (1918gm).

Now, doctor said that the baby was 2.1 - she must have meant 2100 gm (hence saying its 33 weeks) or 4.6 pounds! Yikes! No wonder she keeps saying the baby is big. Oliver was born at 7 pounds 15 ounces.