34 Weeks

The baby drop and rapid growth are becoming noticeable to more than just me. The Husband looked at me a couple of days ago and said "Wow, you got bigger...since yesterday!" He predicts Chloe will come at the end of August instead of waiting until September. I usually wouldn't think twice about his predictions, but so far he's proven to know my body better than me. I don't think she's going to wait around either, but I'm hoping to at least make it to 37 weeks or whatever is her equivalent (since doctors really don't know when all this started) just so everything is where it's supposed to be and hopefully functioning properly. I'm already not looking forward to the hospital bill and would like it to be as small as possible, lol.

She's still moving like a little madwoman...I'm happy to know she's there, but *phew*. Sometimes it is fun to play with her while she's in there and imagine what she'll be like when she's out. I'm always wondering what her personality will be like and if she'll take after one of us more than the other. This whole "building a person" thing is really interesting (now that I'm not completely terrified by the idea). There is a bit of breathing that may it hard to distinguish, but here's a little video of Miss Kicks A Lot in action:

This week for Chloe:

• She's up to 5 pounds and 20 inches long (yikes, she really is about ready to be a baby and not a fetus!)
• The white stuff protecting her skin from wrinkling up in the amniotic fluid (vernix) is getting thicker
• Her fingernails are reaching her fingertips (I feel like the friend in Juno when she asked about a baby's ability to claw things on the way out...)
• Her central nervous system is maturing as well as her lungs
• She could be born now and generally be okay in the long run (eep!)

So I posted this dropping (which is actually called lightening) was getting more obvious, well the picture above was this morning. I don't know if the picture below (from this evening) really captures the difference, but there is one...