Week 28

In week 28, the little munchkin should be about 2.5 pounds and 16 inches from head to toe. Apparently there’s plenty of moving around space in there, though. It seems the baby’s favorite position is laying horizontally across my abdomen, with its head at my right side and it’s bottom at my left side. From time to time, I can tell that it’s flopped vertically, but there’s no need to be concerned about positioning until around week 34 when the midwives will start to pay attention to any tendency to lay breech.

This week, baby can blink and cough…is that the noise coming from my belly that Jason hears but I don’t?? Some research shows that by this time in development, babies may be able to dream, as measured in their brain wave activity and rapid eye movement during sleeping.

Still feeling good, but somewhat tired. That’s probably due to a combination of third-trimester changes and first semester essay writing.

In related baby news, some applause, please, for our Peace Corps friends Wendy and Dulani Woods who had a healthy baby girl on Sunday! They were PCVs in Georgia, Armenia’s neighbor to the north, and we spent a few days together when they toured Armenia. Congratulations, guys!