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Wednesday, February 4, 2009

25 Weeks Pregnant!!

Only 15 weeks until Caylee is born!! Cooper and I are getting Soooo excited! We had a Dr. appointment on Monday and everything went great! Caylee’s little heartbeat is just so cute! We’ve finally decided on the material I’m going to use to sew her bedding and curtains. This weekend we’re going to paint her nursery and hopefully I’ll start sewing next week. I’m still feeling great. I found out this week that Caylee loves to kick when I hold other babies. I don’t know if she’s excited or jealous…lol
Fetal development in pregnancy week 25: At 25 weeks there is a 60% chance of survival if born. Your baby's arms and legs have grown to almost the proportions they will be at birth, which is still sort of short. So don't be alarmed when your newborn's arms barely clear her waist. Baby's nostrils, which have been plugged up until now, clear out (like she's taken a super-dose of Sudafed) and she can practice breathing through the nose. The structures of your baby's spine are now made up of 150 joints, 33 rings and some 1,000 ligaments. Can you believe you're growing something that complicated inside of you? The capillaries, the teeniest blood vessels, are now forming in your baby's body, giving her formerly translucent skin a pink glow. The blood vessels in the lungs also develop this week. Baby's hands are now fully developed and she spends most of her awake time groping around in the darkness of your uterus. Brain and nerve endings are developed enough now so that your baby can feel the sensation of touch. The good news is: if your child is born premature now they’ll be more likely to survive without too much trauma as their lungs began to produce “surfactant” last week, which means their tiny respiratory system is getting stronger with each passing day. Your baby weighs about a pound and a half and is about 13½ inches long!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

congrats! glad to hear everything is going so smoothly :)

Anonymous said...

Caylee DEFINITELY resembles her grandfather!

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