33 Weeks

This is what the pregnancy calendar says about week 33.....

Your baby weighs about 4.4 pounds at this point. The crown-to-rump length of your baby is approximately 12 inches and the total length is around 19.4 inches. Measuring from the top of your uterus to your bellybutton is 5.2 inches. Total weight gain at this point of pregnancy is usually 22 to 28 pounds.

With the exception of crying, your baby is capable of doing everything that a newborn baby will do. Your baby is restricted now inside of the uterus, but still can kick and move. Your baby sleeps a lot of the time, just as newborn babies do. Your baby's eyes move in the manner of REM sleep and researchers believe that babies can dream vividly in uterus. When your baby is awake, she is listening, feeling and learning. There are billions of neurons in the brain that make trillions of connections. Your baby will probably have settled into the birth position by now and your caregiver can most likely tell which way your baby is presenting. If your baby were to be born now, the lungs would probably be strong enough to function properly, but your baby may still need extra care from specially trained doctors and nurses.

During these last few weeks of pregnancy, most women experience an increased urge to urinate. The uterus puts a lot of pressure on the bladder and can send you to the restroom frequently. Your uterus has actually grown 500 times throughout your pregnancy! Red blood cell production catches up with the production of plasma and physiological anemia may begin to fade at this time.

Your baby's eyes open during alert times and close during sleep. The eye color is usually blue, regardless of the permanent color as pigmentation is not fully developed. The final formation of eye pigmentation requires exposure to light and usually happens a few weeks after birth.


Happy Fathers Day to my hubby!! I know our baby is not here yet but I got Brad a card and gift anyway. I know he will be an awesome dad and I can't wait to see him with our baby girl in his arms for the very first time. He is one of the most patient and caring people I have ever met. I wouldn't want to be raising a family with anyone but him, God knew what he was doing when he put us together :). I can't say enough good things about him.

We had his family and my dad and his fiance over to our house to eat lunch. Brad grilled steak and we had baked beans and homemade mac n cheese. It was pretty good, I felt kinda bad cuz Brad cleaned everything up and did the dishes but he told me before fathers day he wanted to take care of the mess since I would be 33 weeks pregnant so I didn't argue. I posted some pics below of him and his dad and the second one has his brother and sister in it.



This past week has been ok we had a family crisis so it was a busy week but things are starting to look up. I have missed my momma, we dropped them off at the airport last Sunday to go to Hawaii and they will be back in town tomorrow evening. I have still talked to her every day but I missed having our every Saturday hang out. I hope Lexi is as close to me as I am to my mom!!

I am still feeling pretty good my sunburn went away and I feel pretty good for being 33 weeks along now. My next doc appointment is June 29th and then I start going once a week so we are getting closer and closer. We are thinking about touring the hospital next Monday too. We are already registered but our doc recommended that we tour so we might try to squeeze it in our hectic schedules. She moves all the time now so my grandma got to feel her this morning in church and she was happy cuz she has been wanting to feel her for a long time now. It is so amazing and I can honestly say I love being pregnant, don't get me wrong though I am totally ready for her to be here too!! I think being pregnant is such an awesome thing. I really can't get over it sometimes when she is moving around and I am rubbing my belly singing/talking to her. I feel like we already have such an awesome connection. :) I hope one day she will realize how much of a blessing she is and has been to us!!