Week 27: I'm a survivor, I'm gonna make it!

Fetal development in pregnancy week 27

~length
14.5 in | 36.8 cm

~weight
2 lbs | 900 g

Your not-so-tiny-anymore baby (2 pounds and 14.5 inches long!) is slowly rotating in preparation to “head out” for the grand entrance on their birthday!
Now obviously, this doesn’t happen overnight, but when you start to feel a new sort of pressure "down there" (aka your cervix), you’ll know you’ve got a fully flipped locked-n-loaded womb-fruit waiting for the countdown to launch!
If you feel like they're still not flipped, don't worry, you've still got time.
Impressive physical developments of the week: your child's lungs are already capable of breathing air as their vascular system can now handle oxygen/carbon exchange and their brain stem can now regulate rhythmic breathing as well as their basal body temperature!
For what it’s worth, at this point in a healthy pregnancy - if you were to give birth prematurely, your tiny fighter could easily win on the show: “Survivor: The Early Years.”
Go ahead, give your belly a gentle hi-five!

And how's mom doing?

This week has brought on the swollen angles, and feet.  Being in the Las Vegas heat did not help along with endless walking.  It is also getting harder to get up off the couch, Dad has had to roll Mom off a couple times.  Shoes continue to be a struggle but Mom is finding new ways to get them on and out the door.  Not too many new cravings, but loving to eat every few hours.  It has been hard staying on a low fat diet due to the gall stones, need to have less than 12g of fat per serving.  Last night Mom made home made pizza which she has been craving for weeks, it was TASTY!!  It also was low in fat so no pain, which means home made pizza is back on the menu.  All and all Mom is ready for the 3rd trimester and cannot believe three months to go!