Sunday, January 12, 2014

30 Weeks! Flying by.

This picture is actually from 30w2d.                    

C & W's Baby in Week 30 of Pregnancy

My belly’s increasing size is a definite clue that C & W's baby is getting bigger every day, weighing in at over three pounds now (he’ll be packing on the weight at a rate of half a pound per week for the next seven weeks). Also growing daily is his brain, which is actually starting to look like the real thing with those characteristic grooves and wrinkles. And now that their little genius can regulate his own body temperature and turn up the heat, he'll start shedding lanugo, the downy body hair that's been keeping him warm up until now.

My Body in Week 30 of Pregnancy

These days you may feel as if you've got a flamethrower in your chest. Heartburn is one of the most common (and annoying) pregnancy ailments and here's why: The same pregnancy hormones that cause your body's pelvic muscles to relax so you can deliver your baby also relax the ring of muscle that separates the esophagus from the stomach. The upshot? Food and digestive juices can head upstream from your tummy into your chest and throat — hence, the infernal inferno. Your expanding uterus, now exerting pressure on your stomach, only fuels the fire.
Definitely experiencing heartburn quite a bit these days.  I try not to eat anything too late at night, as when I do, that's when it is the worst.  One night, I had to sleep sitting up.  Ugh!

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