Week 32 - only 56 days to go!!

By now, your baby weighs 3.75 pounds (pick up a large jicama - which is funny because I actually bought one this size on Sunday!) and is about 16.7 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, she'll gain a third to half of her birth weight during the next 7 weeks as she fattens up for survival outside the womb. She now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). Her skin is becoming soft and smooth as she plumps up in preparation for birth. To accommodate you and your baby's growing needs, your blood volume has increased 40 to 50 percent since you got pregnant.

Not a whole lot to update today since I just posted a few days ago. I had my check up yesterday (we're now into the 2-week appts!) and Ashley is measuring right on. I love it when they tell me that because that was the main sign that something was not right with Kristen, that she was measuring really small. So when they measure my belly and she's exactly where she should be, it makes me so happy and relieved!

For those interested, what they measure is the "fundal height" From BabyCenter: the distance from your pubic bone to the top of your uterus. This measurement allows her to assess your baby's size, growth rate, and position. As a rule of thumb, your fundal height (in centimeters) should roughly equal the number of weeks you're pregnant. For example, at 20 weeks, your fundal height should be about 18 to 22 centimeters.  And every week Ashley has measured exactly to her age!! :) Good girl!! :)