38 weeks

Your baby has really plumped up. She weighs between 6 and 7 1/2 pounds (boys tend to be slightly heavier than girls), and she's nearly 20 inches long. She has a firm grasp, which you'll soon be able to test when you hold her hand for the first time! Her organs have matured and are ready for life outside the womb.

Wondering what color your baby's eyes will be? You may not be able to tell right away. If she's born with brown eyes, they'll likely stay brown. If she's born with steel gray or dark blue eyes, they may stay gray or blue or turn green, hazel, or brown by the time she's 9 months old. That's because a child's irises (the colored part of the eye) may gain more pigment in the months after she's born, but they won't get "lighter" or more blue. (Green, hazel, and brown eyes have more pigment than gray or blue eyes.


2 weeks and to go and boy am I ready!!! I have an appointment on tuesday...and if she's still in hiding my doctor is going to strip my membranes to try to help move things along. Aside from super swollen feet and ankles and me being totally neurotic...I'm sure driving Matt and my family insane, I'm hanging in there. The heat hasn't been getting to me too badly, thank goodness for A/C!