Your baby will now weigh around 3.5 pounds this month and 18 inches long. Around 32 weeks the baby will begin move into the head down position in order to get ready for labor and delivery.

Your babies skin is starting to get fatter, and the bones are getting stronger. Your baby can now hiccup, cry and respond to light, sound and pain. Your babies taste buds are also starting to form, and your baby can taste the difference between sweet and sour.

You may be anxious about the upcoming birth and the many different choices of birthing styles that are ahead of you. The best advice that I have ever heard is that "no matter what, at the end of labor, you will deliver a baby" It helps to put in perspective all of the choices up ahead of you. Your doctor will most likely talk to you during this time about the pain options that are available to you, including natural childbirth to an epidural. There are several points to all different birthing styles, so take care that you know what you would like. It may help to write out a birth plan stating what you would like for you and your baby in order to put down on paper and visualize how you would like your birth to go.

By now, your belly button may have popped out, and it is very obvious to others that you are pregnant. This may mean that unwanted attention will come to your belly, with people that you don't know coming up and touching your belly. If this makes you uncomfortable, just back away a little bit and politely ask them to not touch your belly. Most people will respect your thoughts and will back away.

This is also a good time to start taking child birth classes, if you haven't already. You can go to your local hospital and ask them if they offer them, or else talk to your doctor about the classes available in your area.

You may be experiencing Braxton Hicks contractions as well. These irregular, slightly uncomfortable contractions can occur at any time. The best way to get rid of them is to change whatever you are doing. If you are laying down, stand up. If you are standing up, sit or lay down.

Your nipples may also start leaking colostrum. This is normal, and it may help to prepare your nipples for nursing your baby if that is how you chose to feed your baby. Once you notice that they are leaking a little bit, just rub some into your nipples, and it will help to "prep" your nipples.

Dad may start to feel a little bit jealous of all the attention that mom and baby are getting. Make sure that you tell him everyday how much he means to you and the baby, and how happy you are that you can experience this with him.

He can help you with your back pain by giving you massages, or rubbing your back with hot oil or lotion (just make sure its not to hot so you don't harm the baby.) He can also help with your leg cramps but rubbing your legs or letting you press your foot firmly against his hands. I found that helped me a great deal.

It will help to ease his anxiety over the upcoming birth to read up about it as well. Have him read some of your books about labor and delivery that you have, and bring him with you to meet the doctors and the nurses that will be delivering your baby. Practice with him some of the breathing techniques, because if hes anything like my fiance he will use the breathing techniques more than you will be in the begining.

t your 28-30 week appointment, your doctor will do the usual blood pressure, urine, belly and baby check, and he may also take some blood to check for anemia and for possible complications between your blood group and the babies blood group. He may also choose to do an ultrasound to see what position the baby is in. If you have been having complications, he may start doing Non-Stress tests. To do a NST, you lay on your left side. The technician will put two devices on your belly. One is an ultrasound transducer, that keeps track of your babies heartbeats and movements, the other one will monitor any contractions that you may experince.Your babies heart beat and your contractions will be recorded on a piece of paper. If the baby is still, he may be sleeping, and you may have to drink something to get him moving. They may also sound a buzzer to try and wake up the baby. The test can last anywhere between 20 to 60 minutes.

Sometime between 28 and 32 weeks your doctor may also start seeing you every two weeks to keep a closer eye on you and your baby.