I'm well into my 24th week. That means I've reached viability - if the little cricket was born now, he/she would go to the NICU and they would do their best to help him/her live. Can you believe that babies born at 24 weeks have up to a 70% chance of survival? That's kind of crazy.
I didn't think that I would feel any sort of relief when I reached the "viability" week because I know that 24 week babies don't fair well. However, I did have the slightest relief this week. In my head, the next big week for me is 28 weeks and then 32 weeks. These weeks hold meaning to me in terms of how well preterm babies do after birth.
At 35 weeks my goals change entirely from keeping the baby in to making sure the baby doesn't stay in!
It's kind of crazy how quickly things grow, develop and change in pregnancy. It's a wonderful and awe inspiring process.
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