Week 27!

Every new week brings us closer to meeting little PJs! I am really enjoying being pregnant - the baby moving, the anticipation, getting baby things ready, seeing my bump grow and thinking about all the things ahead for us as a trio. On some days though it's certainly exhausting being pregnant and I do miss my fabulous shoes, non-stretchy clothes, sleeping on my stomach, a giant Americano from Subeez and my deliciously unsafe cheeses. You don't realize how many things you don't appreciate until you can't have them! It will all be worth it and much more though! :-)

While I'm at it (complaining, that is), I'll share some are some great tips on natural remedies to common pregnancy aches & pains that I found online from BabyCentre out of the UK. Other pregnant ladies out there rejoice! :-) And if all these don't work, read up on this list of the 50 reasons why it's great to be a parent.

What PJs is up to:
Your baby now weighs over 2 pounds / 875 grams and measures 14.5 inches / 36.6 centimetres from head to toe. Her eyes open and close, she sleeps and wakes at regular intervals and she may suck a finger or thumb.

Sweet dreams, little baby! Some experts believe that babies begin to dream by the 28th week. What do they dream about? No one knows for certain but the brain is active this week as well. The characteristic grooves on the brain's surface start to appear and more brain tissue develops.

Chalk up any rhythmic movement you may be feeling to a case of the hiccups, which are common this week and throughout the pregnancy. Your baby has them but is breathing in amniotic fluid rather than air. A paper bag can't cure her hiccups, obviously, but an episode usually lasts only momentarily. The sensation for you may be strange but not unpleasant.