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Today is the end of week 37. 3 more weeks to go until Baby Girl's estimated due date.
Week 37 is also special because it marks the "full term" point meaning if she's born anytime between now and 42 weeks (2 weeks past her due date), she's considered "full term" as opposed to "premature".
According to BabyCenter.com, Baby Girl probably weighs a little over 6 pounds and measures between 19 and 20 inches, head to heel at this point. Although apparently our loving friends are thinking she'll be weighing in a little on the heavier side of "average" (10+ lbs at birth? Come on people. I'm a NORMAL sized pregnant woman. You're just all used to looking at photos of pregnant celebrity waifs in gossip magazines, who have the luxury to be able to afford an entourage of personal trainers, personal chefs, makeup artists, hair stylists, wardrobe specialists and personal nutritionists at their beck and call 24x7 to keep them looking waifish throughout their pregnancy and who probably also have daily massages from their personal massage therapists to keep their feet and ankles from appearing swollen).
Not that I'm letting it stress me out. I've got enough other stuff going on in my head to do that, without worrying about how giving birth to a 10+ lb baby would feel.
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