Pregnancy : 30 Week

Your baby is now 30 weeks old:
Your uterus is at your breastbone and rib cage
Your baby now gains about ½ pound and ½ inch each week until she is born. She now weighs about 3 pounds and measures 10.8 inches from crown to rump. If you stretched her legs out, she would be about 16 inches long. Her fat deposits double so her creased skin starts to fill out. Her skin starts to shed the lanugo and the hair on her eyebrows, eyelids and head continue to grow. She can blink her eyes and her pupils react to outside light by constricting and dilating. During the next few weeks, your baby experiences REM and non-REM sleep patterns as her brain continues its rapid growth.

If you plan on taking a childbirth education class, now is the time to start thinking about which approach suits you (and your partner) the best. Most classes run 6-8 weeks, so this is the time to make your decision. There are many wonderful options from which to choose. Lamaze is probably the most well-known and popular method of childbirth education. A French obstetrician, Dr. Fernand Lamaze, developed conditioned-response exercises and added breathing patterns to help women manage the pain of labor. This approach provides women with a variety of tools, breathing techniques and relaxation skills to control pain.