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| Week 25: You have 107 days until Friday, March 17, 2006. |
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Hi Pearl, I really get a kick out of hearing the unique and sometimes hilarious ways that women describe their pregnant bodies. It's a way to cope with changes in one's appearance while being lovingly playful at the same time. Do you have a humorous analogy you use to describe your body or even a nickname you and your partner use for that belly of yours? Come on, you can tell "Bubba"! Tips for Other Moms |
In week 25, we explore:
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| This Pregnant Body Pearl, as you near the end of your second trimester, there are a lot of choices about the birth of your baby that you need to begin considering, if you haven't already. Now is a great time to make sure your birth plan is finalized. There are many birth options available and all of them are worth learning about and considering. Click here to read more about birth options. Click here to read more about birth plan. |
| Your Baby Your baby weighs about 1.5 pounds and measures 8.8 inches from crown to rump. Your baby is becoming stronger as its stem cells continue to develop into bone tissue, and its bones become solid through a process called ossification. Click here to read more about ossification. Your baby is probably becoming more and more active each day, and a moving baby is a sign of a healthy baby. Click here for an ultrasound image of a baby at 25 weeks. |
| What to Expect at Your Next OB Appointment Click here to view a week-by-week list of what you can expect at your next OB appointment. |
| PregnancyWeekly Wants YOU to be a Guest Writer! Have a great pregnancy story? Want to share the most important advice you've learned while pregnant? Know any good pregnancy jokes? Email your article (500 words max) to pw_blog_kat@yahoo.com. Each week the PregnancyWeekly Blog will feature a post written by a guest writer. Click here to check out the PW Blog for more ideas. |
| Blossoming Babes Mommy-Time Delivery Kit A scaled-down version of the original Birth & Beyond Delivery Kit, the Mommy-Time Delivery Kit will help make the big day stress-free. It is packaged in a handy, reusable vinyl toiletry bag - ready to be thrown in your bag at a moment's notice. Click here to get it. |
| Your To-Do List Pearl, at some point during your pregnancy, friends and relatives will (hopefully) start asking you to call them if there is anything they can do to help. This week we will focus on making the most of this valuable resource. Check out our list and see how these kind offers can help you. Click here for this week's helpful list: Volunteers and How They Can Help |
| Your Journal Entry Do you sometimes feel your pregnant body is like a big costume that you can't get out of? We hear stories of humorous ways women look at their pregnant bodies all the time. In your journal this week, with a mixture of gentleness and humor, describe your feelings about your body. Click here to access your journal. |
| A Quote Worth Repeating "My life is a performance for which I was never given a chance to rehearse." - Ashleigh Brilliant |
| Tips From Other Moms You might start hinting to your close friends that a baby shower before your ninth month would be appreciated. You want to have time to supplement and exchange shower gifts in plenty of time before the baby arrives. Surprise showers are a no-no, because it's not everybody's idea of a good time to have labor jump-started by a loud cry of "surprise" late in her pregnancy. |
| This Week's E-Poll When do you plan to return to work? |
| Until next week... Catherine  |