MY LITTLE MUNCHKIN: WEEK 31

WEEK 31

February 21 2010. My little butternut squash is still around 17 inches and 3.3 pounds. In the 31st week the umbilical cord has a diameter of about 1 cm. On the day of birth it will be of 35 to 60 cm in length and 2 cm wide. Inside the umbilical cord there are three blood vessels. One transfers the products of metabolism to the mother's kidney, and two other bring fresh blood, oxygen and nutrients. Baby Mark is beginning to develop under-skin fat and the surface skin is more pink than red. Mark has not yet positioned himself correctly with the head down, but it's possible for babies to do this now.
Monday had the BIG family breakfast and found out that Paul and Irina are having a BOY. It was so exciting for everyone. Paul and Irina were super excited and so was dad, he was so happy. I'm so glad that Mark is going to have a boy cousin to grow up and play with. Later me and Yelena went out to lake Julian for a boat ride, but it was too windy to get a boat so we had a picnic lunch and fed the ducks. Monday night I went to Lilia's house to play some Wii with Alina and Larisa. Later that night my hubby showed up from his week long trip to Canada and brought me a box full of apples from the Washington apple farm. Tuesday night I came home from Sign Language to a house full of Korolchuks playing the Wii, it was the funniest thing I have seen in a long time. The rest of the week went by pretty quickly, friday night me and Toly went to see a movie - The Fighter. It was based on a true story and was pretty good. Saturday I went shopping with Yelena at the mall. I've been waking up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, heartburn has not been that bad this week. My belly is been a little sore and I can feel it getting bigger and stretching, I've been putting on the Palmer's lotion daily, hopefully it will prevent stretch marks if I'm lucky.