Okay if someone asks you “how many weeks are in a month?” Wouldn’t you reply with “four?” Well, I’ve always thought there are four weeks in a month, give or take a few days here and there. A woman’s gestation period is 40 weeks long—so that’s 10 months right?? I’ve always wondered why people say you’re pregnant for nine months. For example, next week I will be 28 weeks pregnant (7 months pregnant) and I have 12 weeks to go (3 months left) for a total of – drum roll please—10 months! Okay, enough of first grade math lessons and onto the fun stuff. I recently had maternity pictures done by Maddie Dean Photography and they turned out great! I couldn’t decide whether or not to have them done. After all, pregnancy seems to make every branch of your body puffy, not just your belly! But I figured this is a pretty special time in our lives so why not, I didn’t want to regret not having them later. It was a pretty funny photo shoot, I was almost 27 weeks pregnant and my belly is obviously not nine-months-preggo-huge yet so before every picture Sarah, the photographer, would say “okay ready? 1, 2, 3 PUSH OUT!” And I would push out my belly as hard as I could while trying to maintain a relatively photogenic appearance despite the fact I was trying to look like Bubba with a beer belly! It was the first time I’ve ever “pushed out” in a picture rather than sucked in.
Weekly Womb Workings
I’m not sure if I’m pregnant with a baby kangaroo or a baby human… these kicks are getting intense!! He’s already started to throw temper tantrums; when my bladder gets full he starts kicking A LOT—I think that’s his way of saying “Mom, give me more room in here!” This week he’s about 15 inches long and a little over two pounds. His taste buds are very developed now and he actually “tastes” the amniotic fluid so he’ll be semi-used to the foods I eat when he begins to nurse after birth. His hearing continues to develop and he can now recognize voices and sounds he hears on a regular basis.
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