Baby Chimeziri at 36 Weeks!

Baby Chimeziri is gaining about an ounce a day. She now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. She's shedding most of the downy hair that covered her body, as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that protected her skin during her nine-month amniotic bath. Next week, she will be considered full-term. Most likely she's in a head-down position, but if she isn't, my practitioner may suggest scheduling an external cephalic version, where she'll try to turn her by manipulating her from the outside of my belly.

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