33 weeks

I definitely feel like my belly is growing each week now. I am still feeling good though and haven't lost too much of my energy as they say happens in the third trimester. A new development is that my belly button has started to pop out! It's weird looking at it, I never thought that would happen to me. I am enjoying feeling Tyler moving in my belly, I think it is something that still surprises me each time it happens and I continue to be amazed by it. I like when I can feel a hand or foot and when I push on it he moves! We tried to get a 4D ultrasound done on Monday but it was unsuccessful. He had a hand, a foot and the umbilical cord all piled up on top of his face! Luckily the place has a guarantee that if they don't get a good picture they will re-do it free of charge. I will go back next week on Tuesday to try to get a good look at him!

Your pregnancy: 33 weeks

How your baby's growing:This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds (heft a pineapple) and has passed the 17-inch mark. He's rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and his skeleton is hardening. The bones in his skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for him to fit through the birth canal. (The pressure on the head during birth is so intense that many babies are born with a conehead-like appearance.) These bones don't entirely fuse until early adulthood, so they can grow as his brain and other tissue expands during infancy and childhood.