Most of us will soon(if not already in)reach this stage of the pregnancy. Wanted to post some basic information about the weeks ahead.

Pregnancy: Weeks 26 – 30

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Changes in fetus

• Over 10 inches in length from crown to rump
• Roughly 2½ pounds in weight
• Moving regularly within womb
• Vernix covers and insulates entire body
• Brain grows much larger during this time
• Hair is usually present all over the head
• Body now in proportion to size of head
• Lungs have developed most airways and air sacs


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Changes in you

• Stronger, more frequent fetal activity
• Increasingly heavy vaginal discharge
• Lower-abdominal achiness
• Scattered Braxton Hicks contractions
• Increasing clumsiness
• Shortness of breath
• Difficulty sleeping
• Possible bleeding gums

Simmi replied. Hi Avi. Thx for sharing this info. Most of us are feeling quite a few of the things listed already....so we take it all is NORMAL! Cheers. Rama replied. Anxiously looking forward for all the joys of pregnancy that are listed... :-)

But I have most of them already