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Touchdown! Reaching the 27th Week of Pregnancy
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Well. They all said it would happen.
“The last part of pregnancy begins to fly by”.
I truly believe it! During my first few months, I felt like I had been pregnant my entire life - the whole 25 gosh darn years of it. (The thoughts of a pregnant woman often are irrational, to say the least). There seemed to be a completely new spin on the word “forever” as I awaited my 20th week approach.
However, once that countdown from the 20th week started ticking….and I was no longer counting up…time began to fly by.
And here it is. My 27th week of pregnancy - and the start of the final..last..ending..finito…trimester! Whoohoo! 
And then again, notsowhoohooo. It’s getting more and more real as the weeks days hours progress by in a blur of “omigoshihavetogetreadyforourbaby!!” excitement. I’m feeling him kick more and more every day (thank God he’s no longer kickin’ my poor inner organs!), and yesterday my husband actually got to see and feel him moving for the first time.
“Are you doing that???!” Kevin asked, making sure it was really the baby and not me playing tricks on him.
“No silly, I can’t move my belly in one little spot no matter how flexible I claim to be.” I replied.
He was bubbling over with new-daddy-happiness the rest of the night!!
…Here’s what Babie’s Online has to say about the 27th week of pregnancy. 
This week marks the beginning of the third trimester. The retina, which is important in the reception of light images, develops its normal layers by the 27th week of gestation. These layers are important in receiving light and light information and transmitting it to the brain for interpretation. Your baby’s skin is quite wrinkled from floating in water. This will stay this way until a few weeks after birth as your newborn fills out into a baby. Your baby is about 14.5 inches long, and weighs over two pounds.
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February 5th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Your right.. Time does start off going slow.. Then it speeds up..but then when it comes to that final month..The weeks seem to drag on and on while your waiting for your first real contractions!!!!Trust me i thought i was going to be pregnant forever!!! And then i got discouraged when i finally get to go to the hospital with contractions 3 minutes apart and they send me home….Just remember it will come.. and Lisa get all the rest you can get now… your gonna need it…lol