30 weeks--Let the birthing classes begin!

Tonight was mine and Chip's first birthing class in the 6 week series. The class is every Thursday night from 7-9. Tonight's class was kind of a "get to know you" type deal. There were 14 couples, and to my surprise 8 of the couples were having girls, 4 couples weren't finding out the gender, and only one other couple was having a boy besides us! I guess baby girls are on the rise right now! We broke up into separate rooms, men & women, and made group lists of "likes & dislikes" of pregnancy. I could relate to many of the things the other women were saying. Likes: feeling the baby kick, the thought of becoming a mother, doing the nursery. Dislikes: lack of sleep, frequency of peeing, strangers touching their belly, being hot...etc. The men came up with an interesting list filled with dislikes of mood swings & likes of larger boobs! HaHa!! The rest of the class we watched a quick video of signs of preterm labor and how to identify it. After that we wrapped up with the mom's showing the dad's how we liked our backs massaged by giving them one, then the dad's had to pay attention and give us the kind of massage we liked! I wasn't so sure how these classes would be, but they aren't so bad! For the next 5 weeks I'll be updating how our class is going.

How's Baby Kane this week??

• Baby measurements are 16 inches and weighs about 3 pounds.
• The head is almost 3.5 inches (8cm) in diameter.
• The feet are nearly 2.5 inches (6cm) long.
• The wrinkled skin is becoming smoother now.
• In boys, the testicles have moved down to the groin.
• The baby controls its own body temperature.