Viability

Found this on the FF August Due Dates board that I have stalking....

Babies born at this week of gestation and their corresponding survival statistics:

21 weeks or less: 0 percent survival rate
22 weeks: 0–10 percent survival rate
23 weeks: 10–35 percent survival rate
24 weeks: 40–70 percent survival rate
25 weeks: 50–80 percent survival rate
26 weeks: 80–90 percent survival rate
27 weeks: greater than 90 percent survival rate

Today 'D' is 24 weeks and 2 days (but who is counting?) pregnant based on her due date. Little Roo is 22 weeks and 2 days gestation, so she just reached these statistics.

Also from Friday (according to the pregnancy calendar):

Week Twenty-Four

• Bring on the bulk! Baby gains about 6 ounces this week. The weight is in muscle, bone mass and organs.
• His body begins to fill out with his appearance increasingly becoming more like a newborn.
• Taste buds begin to form. If mom drinks something strange or bitter, baby may be observed showing his distaste.
• Little creases have appeared on his palms. The muscular coordination of his hands has improved as he sucks his thumb.
• Over the next seven days the sweat glands will be forming in the skin.
• His lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" and cells that produce surfactant, a substance that helps the air sacs inflate easily.
• This week your baby is officially considered viable.
• Baby weighs 1.3 pound (600gm) and is 11.8 inches (30cm) long -- almost the length of a ruler!

Each day that passes is one step closer to a nice fat baby! May 28th is the marker for the third trimester!

I am getting all the cloth diapers ready... most are ready to go! I love getting fluffy mail! Found some mei tai carriers that other moms were wanting to sell so I have a few of those coming soon. One is going to end up being a gift... so they aren't all for me!! I found a pretty Hotsling from another mama that I can't wait to use with Little Roo. Did I ever mention that I have a Moby wrap too?? Yes, it's baby crazy here!

I did order some new babylegs.... they are adorable!! They were having an Earth Day sale so if you ordered two pairs (I picked up strawberry shortcake and green dots) then you got a pair of the organic cotton for free. Couldn't pass that up!