Thirty-three Weeks Pregnant

This week I weigh a little over 4 pounds and have passed the 17-inch mark. I'm rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and my skeleton is hardening. The bones in my skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for me to fit through the birth canal (although I won't be born that way). These bones don't entirely fuse until early adulthood, so they can grow as my brain and other tissue expands during infancy and childhood. Forty-three days till my birthday - officially at least!