30 Weeks!!

This has been a long and stressful week, but now that it's almost over, it also went kind of fast. We're hitting the big 3-0 tomorrow - 75% of the way to our due date! Let's go back in time a little...

At 7 weeks (3 weeks after we found out) the baby was the size of a blueberry.

By 10 weeks - 25% of the way - he was the size of a kumquat.

At 20 weeks - 50% of the way - he was as long as a banana AND we found out he was a he!!

Now at 30 weeks - 75% of the way - he's about the weight of a head of cabbage.

That's quite the growth spurt in 20 short weeks!

Both pictures are courtesy of babycenter.com. I've steered away from this particular site for our updates lately because their weight estimates seem really low for our not-so-little guy. They were telling us we were hitting 13 ounces weeks after the ultrasound already put us there, and this week they estimate 3 pounds. That's probably pretty close and it lines up with other sites I check weekly.

Here is what 3dpregnancy.com has to say:

Big news for baby's brain this week: It's starting to wrinkle and fold and looks like something that grew in the back of your fridge. This is due to the rapid growth of your little genius's brain cells. Other highlights this week:

Fingernails and toenails are finally finished—causing his or her parents great fear and anguish the first time they try to cut those little daggers (it gets easier, we promise)! Plus, the bone marrow is completely in charge of red-blood-cell production now. Trust us, this is a good thing.

Baby is starting to shed his lanugo—the downy hair that was covering his skin. Now that he's chubbier and better able to regulate his body temp, he doesn't need to sport a fur coat 24/7.

"I spy an umbilical cord and the inside of my mom's uterus!" When your baby is awake, his eyes are now wide open and he's whittling away the hours looking around, checking out his rather dark, limited environs.

Your baby hasn't gained much weight or height this week, as most of his energy's been channeled to the brain. He weighs about 3 pounds and is approximately 15.5 inches long, about the size of London, not the city, Britney Spears' Yorkie terrier. Of course your baby is less hairy and way cuter!

There you have it! Our 30 week update. Grow, baby, grow!