So, as of today by any calculation, I’m full term- 37 weeks! Full term is the point at which, if the baby is born, he will no longer be considered premature. His lungs and other organs are fully developed and all he will do from this point until birth is hang around in my belly [...]
Today I’m going to talk about umbilical cords. Mainly because my baby has had quite a few problems involving his.
He has thus far succeeded in twisting his cord into a knot, which he subsequently untied before the next ultrasound. Then he managed to wrap his cord all the way around himself, including around his neck, [...]
My baby is too small.
That was what the doctor told me during my first ultrasound appointment at 12 weeks gestation. The little creature growing inside me was apparently measuring smaller than the average size of a baby at that point, and was closer to the size of a fetus [...]
My partner Justin and I knew we wanted to find out as soon as possible what the gender of our baby was, but we didn’t realize what an issue the whole gender thing really is.
We’re currently living overseas in a country where revealing the gender is supposed to be illegal. Since we’re going through a [...]
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