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Pregnancy Update -- 28 Weeks

Baby is the Size of:  An eggplant Projected Due Date: August 9th Baby's Gender:  Unknown Total Weight Gained: 18 pounds (All gained in the past 12 weeks) Baby's Heartbeat: 138 beats/min Fundal Height Measurement:  31cm (typically, it should match your current week of pregnancy, so as you can see, this baby is already a little bit larger than expected.  Yikes!) Development Tidbits:  Baby's lungs are mature enough that, if born right now, she has a pretty good chance of surviving (with help from medical technology). It's skin is still pretty wrinkly (one byproduct of living in amniotic fluid) but will smoothen as fat continues to deposit. I had my 28-week check up yesterday and everything is normal.  Actually, the visit was short and sweet.  My doctor called me a model pregnant woman.  The baby's heartbeat is strong, my weight gain is optimal (even though I feel as big as a house) and my blood pressure is average. Honestly, I cannot complain.  This pregnancy h