Kathryn, you will definitely be here sometime in the next three weeks! This week, more lanugo (downy hair) is falling out, and you may still be shedding vernix (white, greasy substance). You are most likely done with putting on pounds and inches. The average newborn weighs 7.5 to 8.3 pounds and is 20-21 inches long. Your lungs, brain, bones and reflexes are all developed--around this point, it is up to your little body and my body to agree on when you come out!
I still feel movement every day, even if it's just a little bit. Mostly, Kathryn is pushing her feet up the top of my belly, or she has hiccups. At our weekly visit on Monday, I got another good report on my blood pressure, my weight (I LOST half a pound), my belly measurement and Kathryn's heartbeat. I still enjoy pregnancy and don't feel the need to complain about it. After miscarrying Angel, I feel blessed to be able to carry this child. And, I know women who would give the world to have the most miserable pregnancy, if it meant being able to grow and then raise a child of their own.
There is a fun website called "When To Expect" that uses birth data and statistics to make guesses about your birth. Their calculations are based on the 2009 and 2010 public birth certificate data from the CDC's Division of Vital Statistics. There were something like 8 million US babies born in those years, and the website extracts the average data for matching pregnancies, based on your answers to a few questions. Keeping in mind that way too many of those pregnancies were probably scheduled inductions or c-sections, the website says I have a 48% chance of delivering this week (6/20-6/26), and a 32% chance of delivering the week after (6/27-7/3). It also guesses Kathryn's weight at 7 pounds, 11 ounces.
Anything left on our "to-do" list could be done before or after the birth, so we're pretty much good to go now. We're good to wait, too. :)
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