34 weeks!

Another week gone! Seriously where does time go? 34 weeks! That leaves 6 weeks till my due date!!! Feeling really good though! No back pain, no kidney stone pain, no leg cramps! Life is perfect!

This week Dakota:

•  Dakota weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long.

• Her fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born — are filling her out, making her rounder.
• Her skin is also smoother than ever.
• Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well. Babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. :) However Dakota that doesn't mean you need to come early! You keep cookin little girl!
• Those tiny fingernails have probably reached the tips of her fingers by now — and getting ready for that first postpartum manicure :)
• She also will start to show some recognition of voices and sounds during this stage of pregnancy.