Week 28

My little boy has now sprouted lashes on his eyes and is just shy of 15 inches in length. They say he's the size of a chinese cabbage.

The doctor visits are bi-weekly now and it's staring to fell like the home stretch.

Week 27

At 2 1/2 lbs. our baby boy is like a head of cauliflower with legs. I am assuming at this point he doesn't actually look that way, but we'll love him no matter what.


He's sleeping and waking at regular intervals and even opening and shutting his eyes. He is definitely moving around like crazy and the movements are even visible on her belly.

No picture for this week, mommy wasn't feeling up to it.

Week 26

In order to develop his lungs properly our 26 week old baby is inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid. And not only can he hear us more clearly as we talk to each other (or yell at each other :) but his testicals are descending into his scrotum, which is a journey that will take two to three days. Yipee!!

Do you know what an English hothouse cucumber is? I know I don't, but that is the approximate size that he is this week.

You may recall my mentioning the laws of Maternity leave, but what about Paternity leave? Well, you'll be interested to know that there are some rules. You can receive unpaid job-retaining paternity leave, BUT you must meet a number of requirements. I won't go into all of it because you can just Google it, but basically the company has to be a certain size with a certain number of employees within a certain radius of each other, and your employer can deny your leave if they determine it would be economically damaging to the company. If you do meet all the requirements you are eligible for up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave. (Of course, I got laid off this week so my leave is indefinite)

Until next week.....

Week 25

More and more our little guy is looking like a newborn. Not that we can tell, but on the inside that is what is going on. At 13 1/2 pounds (wait, I mean inches) he is approximately the size of a rutabaga. Also, he is getting more hair and his skin is smoothing out due to the increase in fat in his system.

Did you know?.......

Under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act employers are not required to pay any maternity leave. They are required to give unpaid job-protection leave but NOTHING else. Interesting to say the least.

Week 24

The next time you pick up an ear of corn you will be familiar with the length of our baby boy at 24 weeks. His skin is translucent, the brain is growing rapidly, and the taste buds are developing. The uterus is the size of a soccer ball!!

By the way did you know that 30 percent of babies are delivered by c-section? And that number is quickly rising with the popularity of "scheduled" births. I think that's interesting. This baby however will be a part of the 70 percent group.

This week I have found a fun exercise is to imagine in my mind's eye an ear of corn floating inside a soccer ball. Weird.