29 Week Update

Okay, we are in our last trimester and doing great! Unfortunately, Jamie and I have been sick with head colds for the last several days. But she is very active, I can actually see my belly move when she does! I went to the doctor on Monday for a checkup. Aubrey's heartrate was 155 and she is measuring 29-30 weeks. I have been having several Braxton Hicks contractions a day and the doctor started me on a medication call Brethine to help prevent them. We head back for another check up in 2 more weeks.

Aubrey's crib came in today and we hope to pick it and the chair up on Thursday or Friday. I went out today and bought all the stuff to paint the armour, bookcase and the toychest. The toychest is actually one that my Grandfather built for my brother nearly 40 years ago! Thanks Dad for sanding it down for us! I will post pictures of our progress this week!

Here's the latest in what's happening: She is almost 17 inches tall now, nearly as tall as she will be at birth (like a butternut squash), and close to three pounds (a weight that will likely more than double — and may even come close to tripling — by delivery time). Her wrinkled skin is smoothing out as more fat is deposited under the skin surface. This fat, called white fat, is different from the earlier brown fat that your baby accumulated. Brown fat is necessary for body temperature regulation while white fat (the fat you have, Mom) actually serves as an energy source.
Which explains why your energizer baby feels so…well…energized! Space in her living quarters is now at a premium, so you'll be feeling jabs and pokes from elbows and knees mostly. But those kicks will be more vigorous than before (and also less erratic) because she is stronger and excitedly responding to all sorts of stimuli — movement, sounds, light, and that candy bar you ate half an hour ago.

She's really poking out there now!