- STARTING WEEK 34 -

ahniér could be as tall as 20” right now & could weigh about 5# - it's wonderful to know that if she was born now, she has a 95% chance of full & normal survival with medical intervention…she’s on the move! - she’s been riding fairly high in mama’s stretched-out womb till now [while kindly compressing mama’s poor internal organs], but now she’s planning on making the big move to her pelvis this week - if mama hasn’t noticed it already, she’ll be feeling the weight shift that signals ahniér’s most likely out of breech position, with her head now resting on mama’s pubic bone - she’s now bulked up to the size of an average cantaloupe

ahniér’s fingernails now reach the end of the fingertips & may even curl over the tip, making a manicure one of the first things we'll need to do for our little bundle - she can grasp firmly & responds just as a newborn would by opening his eyes while awake & closing them while sleeping
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this month also offers more time for ahniér to build antibodies & for her skin to continue to thicken - although not quite fully formed, her liver’s now capable of processing a certain amount of waste - in general, most of her prenatal physical development’s pretty much up to snuff & ready for the outside world - naturally, further weight gain’s expected, so mama’s still not at maximum capacity despite probably feeling like she definitely is maxed out