Walking and sitting

34 weeks 0 days (LMP) 32 weeks 0 days (gestational)

Your baby weighs almost 5 pounds (2.28 kg) by this week. Its crown-to-rump length is about 12.8 inches (32 cm). Total length is 19.8 inches (44 cm).

I am not sure if I have ever been so tired, sore and cranky in my entire life. I have been in training all this week. Not such a bad thing usually but this training is in a specific computer language which is pretty darn boring and puts me to sleep. It is a full 8 hour day when I am used to working only 5 hours. Plus it involves a lot of walking since I have been taking the metro into the city and walking several blocks to and from the station and training center. My bladder and pelvic floor muscles may never be the same. Add to that a long day of sitting in one place and well the results aren't terribly pretty. Plus I was the only female in the class and a very pregnant one at that. Every time I moved someone was looking at me like I was going to explode at any moment. Happily, the management gave me my own personal key to the restroom ... that simplified matters a bit.

Anyhow, doing well .... just tired, sore and a little bit cranky. I had my midwife appointment and I have gained 8 pounds in the last month. The little guy is packing on some fat now.

My 34 week belly picture ... fresh off the beach :)

From Visembryo:

Fetus rests on uterus - no longer floating.

HEAD
Eyes open during alert times and close during sleep. Eye color is usually blue, regardless of the permanent color as pigmentation is not fully developed. Final formation of eye pigmentation requires exposure to light and usually happens a few weeks after birth.

ABDOMEN
Fetus begins to develop its own immune system.

LIMBS
Fingernails reach over finger tips and fetus can scratch itself.

SKIN
White fat builds up underneath skin, making fetus appear lighter in color.

If one more person ....

32 weeks 0 days (LMP) 30 weeks 0 days (gestational)

By this week, your baby weighs almost 4 pounds (1.8 kg). Crown-to-rump length is over 11.6 inches (29 cm), and total length is 18.9 inches (42 cm).

asks me when my due date is then sneaks a peak at my belly and groans and wishes me luck I might have to cry. The beginning of July really does seem a long way off and I am getting huge. Not body huge just belly huge. I had no idea a baby could get this out front. I look like I have a projectile belly. The worst part is I am constantly banging it into everything. If the boy doesn't end up with brain damage of some sort it will be a miracle. It doesn't help that the boy still spends a lot of time in a transverse breech position which just really hurts me. It makes it hard to walk without getting pretty bad sciatic nerve pain and sitting is nearly impossible. His head literally sticks out and forms a bulge in my side ... I have no idea how he can find this position even remotely comfortable because I know I don't. From pictures it looks like I am now looking as big as I did with Jaida at 36 weeks or so and the little dude actually feels heavy. This does not bode well for the next 8 weeks or so since I tend to do all my growing at the end of the pregnancy.

My 32 weeks belly picture ...

From Visembryo:

Body growth slows down.

HEAD
Rapid brain growth continues and head size increases as the growing brain pushes the skull outward creating more surface convolutions. This quick growth increases the number of interconnections between individual nerve cells. The iris is colored and the pupil reflexes responding to light. Head hair grows thicker.

LIMBS
Toenails are fully formed. Because of the lack of space in the uterus, the legs are drawn up in what is known as the fetal position.