37 Weeks...

Popp Jnr's development at 37 weeks... This week, most of the downy coating of lanugo is shed and the vernix caseosa -- the cheese-like coating that covers bub in the womb and protects her developing skin -- starts to disappear, though some may remain at birth. Bub weighs close to 6.5 pounds / 2.8 kilograms and may be about 20 inches / 50 centimetres long from head to toe. Many babies now have a full head of hair, with locks maybe around one inch / 2.5 centimetres long.

I am now considered full term which means that it is quite safe for bub to be born from now on, however I still think I will be overdue. I am still feeling pretty good so not overly anxious to have bub come any time soon. I am having the capsule fitted into the car tomorrow morning which is the last of the important things that needed to be done befor her arrival.

I attended a breastfeeding course on Saturday which was worth going to, however I also think that no amount of reading or watching videos will fully prepare you for the foreign act of breastfeeding. It's definitly an art that will take a lot of patience, practice and faith in my own abilities.