Pudding’s World – Week 39

Whether I give birth tomorrow or next week, it’s pretty much all the same for Pudding, who is now truly R-E-A-D-Y to face the big bright world outside of my womb.

 

·       The lanugo has mostly disappeared, apart from a bit on his/her shoulders, arms and legs and in those protected little bodily creases. It will vanish completely on its own in time.

·       Pudding’s lungs are maturing and surfactant production is increasing and fully prepared to take on the outside world!

·       Our baby doesn’t have much room to move!

·       Our little one’s body continues laying on the fat stores that will help regulate his/her body temperature after birth. In addition to normal fat, he/she is accumulating a special “brown” fat in the nape of his/her neck, between shoulders and around organs. Brown fat cells are important for thermogenesis (generating heat) during Pudding’s first weeks.

·       Our baby’s weight is around 7.25 pounds (3288gm) and length is 19.9 inches (50.7cm).   

If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters.   ~Nora Ephron, Heartburn, 1983