29 weeks... we're getting close to the final stretch!

How your baby's growing Your baby now weighs about 2 1/2 pounds and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. Her muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and her head is growing bigger to accommodate her brain — which is busy developing billions of neurons. With this rapid growth, it's no surprise that your baby's nutritional needs reach their peak during this trimester. To keep yourself and her well nourished, you'll need plenty of protein, vitamin C, folic acid, iron, and calcium. (About 200 milligrams of calcium is deposited in your baby's skeleton — which is now hardening — every day.)

What it's really like: I am just now starting to realize how pregnant I look. When I just look down at myself it's hard to get a perspective on just how much my body has changed, but every so often I catch a side view in a mirror or picture and think "who is that pregnant lady?". I have to say overall I really love my pregnant body though. It is amazing that a whole new person is being created in there!