Scared

Welcome to the Pregnancy Week-by-Week NewsletterPregnancy Week 29 Congratulations, Shelley! You're 29 Weeks Pregnant. Your baby measures about 10.4 inches from crown to rump, or a total length of about 16.7 inches from head to toe, and weighs about 2.7 pounds. At this stage a fetus' eyes are almost always blue and can distinguish bright sunlight or artificial light through the wall of the uterus. Baby is performing fewer acrobatics as conditions in the womb have become cramped now that he is getting bigger. Your uterus is about 3.5 to 4 inches above your navel. Weight gain is probably between 19 and 25 pounds. If born now, your baby could probably survive outside the womb -- although in a neonatal intensive-care unit. As your due date approaches, you may be feeling relieved and excited, or anxious about motherhood, your baby's health, and labor and delivery.

I guess feeling freaked out is normal - but I am definitely a bit freaked out. I'm not really sure exactly what I'm scared about - I think everything, but not one thing in particular. Let's just say i'm DEFINITELY not on the 19 pound end of the weight gain scale...if you know what I mean... The baby still seems to have some room in the ol'uterus because she has been ridiculous energetic this weekend. She's pretty calm during the week when I'm doing stuff all the time, so I think she must save up her energy for the weekend because she has been making my stomach do some weird things. It's really strange seeing your stomach move on its own. (I guess it isn't on its own - but it's not coming from me...)

This weekend Aaron and I enjoyed our usual weekend beverages - McAlister's tea on Saturday and DD's on Sunday. We put up a curtain in what will soon be the baby's room and did some more cleaning of stuff. Cleaning of stuff means filling up trash bags with crap we have, but really don't need...such as a million old VHS tapes and 40 bottles of old lotion.

I also chopped off more of my hair this weekend...so far I like it, but we'll see...it doesn't fit into a ponytail, so we'll see how that goes. The most embarrassing part of that ordeal was that I needed help lying down and sitting back up from getting my hair washed. I apparently don't have any abs anymore...

Happy Memorial Day :) Aaron is remembering William Tecumseh Sherman today. Who are you remembering?