This week you are almost 4 lbs and just about 19 inches long. We are in the eighth month of pregnany with less than 8 weeks until your due date! This week's developments are all about practicing for life outside the womb, so you are busy swallowing, breathing, kicking and sucking. You can even suck your thumb now. Your skin is also turning opaque thanks to the fat that has started accumulating under your skin.
This weekend, we attended childbirth classes to help us get ready for the big day. It was overwhelming to get all the information at once, but now that it has sunk in, I am feeling good about it. We both said that now we are getting really anxious for you to get here! Many parents go into the birth experience with a plan of exactly what interventions they do or don't want, but my birth plan is simple: an open mind. I am hoping to avoid a c-section if at all possible, but other than that, I am just taking things as they come. Your dad is going to be great too. We learned several relaxation/breathing/massage techniques that he can help with.
Your nursery is almost complete! Your dad has been working on stripping the paint off a toy chest that your great-great grandfather made. We have a spot for it in the nursery, but your dad wanted to repaint it and put some safety hinges on it first. Here he is, hard at work in his man-shack.
And here I am:
And here is the little miss. She can't wait for you either. I think she will probably be jealous and protective of you at first (she is already much more protective of me than she usually is), but once you can play with her, I think you guys will be best buds. She will especially like you when you start eating solids and drop crumbs of food from your highchair, she loves getting treats of human food!
Love you,
Mom
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