COUNTDOWN TO BABY

[rtil]

Azumanga Daioh Osaka Oh My GAH

[zhicago]

27 weeks


Your Baby:

Hey! Remember when I told you your baby was as big as a gummy bear? Oh, about 19 or 20 weeks ago?
Now imagine a two-pound, 15-inch-long gummy bear. Yep.
Eyelids (which have been fused since 11 or 12 weeks) can now open and close.


You:

Are officially in the third trimester! Feel free to celebrate/panic at will.
May notice more of that pesky round ligament pain as your belly gets harder and bigger and rounder, or as it starts to dip down a little bit, looking a little less perky and cute than it did a few weeks ago.
Depending on your baby's position, the kicks and movements might be a little painful. Feet up under your ribcage, jabs to the cervix, random body parts of mystery poking you way off to the side, where you didn't even think those little appendages were long enough to reach.

[zhicago]

28 weeks
Been keeping busy lately! Fun family drama and a wealth of excitement to be had. Things are starting to speed up a bit with pregnancy. I am now seeing my doctor every other week instead of just once a month, and enjoying being the human pincushion. Time for a routine test - let's get a blood draw. You are a white person? Get a blood draw. You're breathing! Let's get a blood draw!
He s got his sleeping pattern pretty regular now. I can always tell when he's sleeping and when he's awake. He likes being up around 2am the best, and I'm okay with that.

FOR THOSE INTERESTED... he is about 15 inches... some sites are saying the size of an eggplant, or a chinese cabbage. perhaps the size of a large pineapple, leaves included? He's only a few inches off from birth length, the remainer of the time will really just be spent fattening up.

Here's what amalah says for 28 weeks:
Your Baby:
Continues to get a longer and fatter by the day. Shocking, I know. His or her weight has actually doubled in the past month alone, which is why you've probably gotten comments about "popping" recently.
Weight is around 2.5 pounds right now, which (if you're like me, gazing in horror and your inside-out belly button and spidery stretch marks) might sound a little frightening, since the baby clearly needs to gain a LOT MORE WEIGHT before he or she is fully cooked, and oh my God, how in the world is anything bigger going to fit in there?

You:
Are either feeling like this pregnancy will NEVER end, or that 12 more weeks is simply not nearly enough time to prepare. Or you might feel both ways, changing your mind one minute to the next.

[dilly]

excitement!

[zhicago]

sorry i kind of forgot about TBA for a little while there

im 30.5 weeks now, not doing so good. in a lot of pain and its getting worse. apparently my bones are rearranging (diastasis) and i have to start going to physical therapy for it. cant really walk right now, not allowed to drive or walk more than necessary (start to bleed). next few weeks are gonna be hell.

[rtil]

just ....67 days left 

[zhicago]

not very long at all. just about 2 months, and itll go fast. first christmas, then baby shower in january, then baby. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[zhicago]

31 weeks

Your Baby:

Blah blah blah 3.3 pounds, bag of oranges, sock full of nickels, etc.
Enjoys yawning, sucking his or her thumb, kicking mom in the diaphragm.
Turn-offs include: getting the hiccups, really loud noises and you trying to do all that boring "sleeping" at night.


You:

Can totally round down your answer to "two months" when people ask you how much longer you have to go. DO NOT focus on the crazy week-to-month-ratio math at this point in pregnancy, particularly when there are breakable, smashy objects within reach.
May be weirdly and inexplicably congested all the time. I, for one, appear to be allergic to my pillow. This is also prime time for pregnancy colds, as the toll on your body and immune system is getting higher by the week. Take it easy, slow down, take your vitamins and try try try to get enough sleep.
Can now play everybody's favorite game, Guess The Body Part That's Sticking Out Next To My Belly Button! Elbow or heel? Head or butt? Did I seriously just maybe feel my baby's BIG TOE?

[zhicago]

nobody reads this thread anymore but that is okay, i will reward those who do with a peak at the baby shower invites I got to design for my shower next month (front and back of invitation card)
i even wrote the poem

yes everything will be dr seuss themed!! super excited, a lot of people were invited and im interested in seeing who shows up. feel free to look at the baby registry if you want, nothing personal about it. you can put in the number or just search for my name.

[dilly]

ahhhh i love the name teagan!

[rtil]

TEAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN
middle name ponyo then?

[zhicago]

Ill give you all the middle name in Feb.

[rtil]

FUCK

[DrRumack]

Teagan is a kickass name i hope he reads this in the future and knows how i feel about it

[trent bortknob]

hella dope shit nigga

[Casey Pixmintro]

Awesome name

[zhicago]

so far ive only gotten good responses about the name, i was totally expecting some bullshit about tegan and sarah (a shitty sister duo that wont be around long enough to matter)

ive loved the name for a boy ever since my early days of drawing, ie this sketch from almost 7 years ago

[trent bortknob]

now i'm kind of creeped out

[rtil]

i remember that sketch

[zhicago]

now i'm kind of creeped out

haha dont worry i am not reflecting the character on the child. i was 16 when i drew that so of course i was totally into punk dudes with feminine features etc.