@37 weeks gestation

Started my first week of maternity leave :-)

Isabelle's weight: still @ 2.5kg (hopefully she'll gain a bit more weight in the next 2 weeks!)

My total weightgain so far: 11-12kg

Baby is already engaged but still remains v active~

Increasingly difficult to sleep these days.

@35 weeks gestation

Had my checkup this morning. Isabelle is now weighting at 2.5kg already! She don't have a lot of room to move around anymore so she loves squirming and doing her little stretches every few hours. Dr Ang thinks Isabelle will most likely be out after the National day holiday (8th August) which is only 3 week's away. This is so exciting! We can't wait to have our little princess in our arms in a month's time. In the mean time, Dr Ang advised me to start getting my fitness level up again in preparation for the labour - this means 80 squats a day!! Urggh!!!

@ 32 weeks gestation

Mummy's total weightgain: 10kg+

Mummy's waistline: 40"

Baby's weight: 1.7kg

Daddy's weightgain: on par with Mummy!!

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Fetal Development - 28 Weeks

URL: www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/fetaldevelopment/28weeks/

You're in the home stretch. The third trimester typically starts at week 29 and lasts until week 40 and sometimes even beyond. (Don't worry -- 42 weeks is the maximum! After that, a woman usually is induced to give birth.) Most women gain an average of 11 pounds/ 5 kilograms during this trimester.

By this week, your baby weighs nearly 2.3 pounds/ a little over 1 kilograms and may measure 14.8 inches/ 38 centimetres from top to toe. At about this time, your baby can open his eyes and turn his head in utero if he notices a continuous, bright light shining from the outside. His fat layers are forming and his fingernails appear.

If you like the thought of interacting with your baby while he's still in the womb, then singing and reading to your baby is a good way to do it.

Weight gain this month: 3kg!!

Total weight gain so far: 6kg

Isabelle's weight: 978g

Isabelle's length: 49.1mm

Isabelle's feet: a whopping 5cm!

Fetal Development - 27 Weeks

URL: www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/fetaldevelopment/27weeks/

Your baby now weighs nearly 2 pounds/ 875 grams and measures 14.5 inches/ 36.6 centimetres from head to toe. Her eyes open and close, she sleeps and wakes at regular intervals and she may suck a finger or thumb.

Sweet dreams, little baby! Some experts believe that babies begin to dream by the 28th week. What do they dream about? No one knows for certain but the brain is active this week as well. The characteristic grooves on the brain's surface start to appear and more brain tissue develops. Chalk up any rhythmic movement you may be feeling to a case of the hiccups, which are common this week and throughout the pregnancy. Your baby has them but is breathing in amniotic fluid rather than air. A paper bag can't cure her hiccups, obviously, but an episode usually lasts only momentarily. The sensation for you may be strange but not unpleasant.

Ultrasounds