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Week 31 Baby is eleven inches long head to rump and sixteen inches head to toe. Baby weighs about three and a half pounds. This week alone baby will grow about three eighths of an inch. His head has also grown about three eighths of an inch in circumference due to rapid brain growth. About this [...]

Week 30 I got some wonderful news at the beginning of the week. My mom told me that she is going to start a daycare in her home. What a huge relief to know that she will be able to watch my little boy! There is no one I’d rather have care for [...]

Week 29 Week 29 starts the eighth lunar month of pregnancy. Baby now measures over ten inches, crown to rump. He is almost sixteen inches, head to toe. Baby weighs in at almost three pounds. He will gain about two pounds this month. Backaches and general achiness are common during this time. [...]

Week 28 Already this little boy has been to as many baseball games as my husband has.  We went to a minor league game on Tuesday.  It was so much fun.  It was less expensive than the major league game we went to.  The drive was a lot shorter, too.  Andrew and I think that baby’s [...]

Week 27 My little boy is just as active as ever. It’s so much fun to watch my belly move as he twists, squirms, and kicks. Andrew and I have had conversations with him and he seems to respond by kicking. It’s almost like having a Magic 8 Ball for a belly. [...]