05-01-07 Norah Update

This is day number 230 and I'm 33 weeks pregnant!
I have 50 days or 7 weeks left, and I am 82.5% of the way there. YIPPY!

Well, I went to the Doctor's again today. Everything seems to be going great! Her heart rate was a little on the fast side, but she said it was because Norah was so active. She said it was like she was working out in there. That's my girl =) Some bad news for Seth, I cannot vacuum/mop the wood floors for the next few weeks. I have been having a lot more contractions and she wants me to cut out any vigorous activity to avoid me going into early labor. She wants me to be at least 36 weeks. So he will have to pick up the extra chore or two. =) He will be great, I am sure! Good news is she is in the head down position already (yay, no breech baby!) Hopefully she will stay this way until birth. They can't really say how much she weighs for sure yet. Maybe by my next appointment. She does seem to think she will be in the 6 pound range, possibly lower 7's. Great for me! My emotions have been going crazy. I cry A LOT! Seth has been very good with this. Who knows why I cry - it just happens. We are both getting nervous, anxious and excited about the soon arrival of our little girl. No official changes to my due date. I'll keep you posted as we get closer.

See what she is up to inside my belly...

Books say Norah is now 19.4 inches from head to toe and weighs about 4.4 pounds. However, we believe she is a bit smaller than this based on my belly size. We are both very aware that it is getting more and more cramped in there. Norah's adrenal glands have grown and she is producing her own hormones. Her skin is becoming less red and wrinkled, and while most of her bones are hardening, her skull is quite pliable and not completely joined. This will help her ease out of your relatively narrow birth canal. Starting at about week 26, she has slept and awoken at regular intervals. She closes her eyes when she sleeps, and she'll even dream during the last month before birth (now that is a cool thought). =) No one knows what babies dream about in the womb, but they show reactions ranging from frowns and smiles to crying and kicking. I wonder if her dreams are anything like Seth's? This is probably the reason I can't sleep at night because of all of her dreaming/moving! =)

Well, I won't have too many more of these e-mails. Soon they will be filled with pictures of Norah and all of the cute things she has been doing. The shoes you see in the picture are from Aunt Debbie...THANKS! They are the cutest things in the whole world! I can't wait for her to wear them. =)


I love you all!!
Tracy