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My Mommy Entry # 5

Week 28: Why, you look positively bovine!

Fetal development in pregnancy week 28: You know how you’ve been feeling a bit like a barn with legs? Well, that feeling won’t subside before… well, you know, when you finally give birth. For the time being, you’ve got yourself a baby in the business of collecting fat and lots of it! In spite of the dubious joys of being a human-barn, this baby fat business is very serious and you’ve got to put up with it because it’s going to keep your little porker warm and healthy after birth. Other good stuff from inside: their eyes are doing lots of blinking this week because they’re now able to respond to light and dark. Also, their industrious little bone marrow is now a major construction site for developing red blood cells, while their super-cute adrenal glands are actually producing androgen and estrogen—which will stimulate your hormones to begin milk production. Can you say, “Moo?”


And how's mom doing? If you’re not already fully entrenched, it’s just about time to head into the Name Game field. If you haven’t yet landed on “the perfect name”, there are only about a trillion books (check them out at Amazon.com) and websites with head-spinning lists of name possibilities. You can always opt to invent You can always opt to invent a name as well (like say, “Thygor”). Obviously, naming isn’t always the most straightforward or easy process and not every couple has a name for their child even after birth a name as well (like say, “Thygor”). Obviously, naming isn’t always the most straightforward or easy process and not every couple has a name for their child even after birth. Really, just take your time and try to consider any possible mean nicknames they might be inflicted with once they hit adolescence (i.e. What happens when you name your kid “Willy"?).

As if we have to tell you: their little “cute” kicks are getting stronger these days, but just pay attention. If you notice a significant drop in the number of kicks experienced per hour it would be a good idea to tell your physician or mid-wife. But before you start getting anxious, keep in mind that during the final weeks of pregnancy your in-house-football player will be kicking significantly less as they will lack the space to move about as vigorously.


--> Another week has passed...Our baby's getting bigger and bigger! I'm so excited to see Baby J! His/her kicks are stronger nowadays. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night because this little one inside me is kicking the hell out of me! But I love it! I love to see my tummy move and feel my baby inside me. Oh, i'm so going to miss this once our baby gets out of me...

We will be having our 3d/4d ultrasound week after next and we're extremely excited! I'm going to see my baby...As for the name?? we already have names for both genders. But we're still figuring out if we are going to add a "second" name...But for sure, the name starts with letter "J"! Why? Isn't it obvious? Both mommy and daddy's name starts with J...so baby's name must too!!! =)

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