How far along: 23 weeks (yesterday, September 22, 2011)
Size of baby:
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| Photo Credit: Baby Center |
Interesting Facts: Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With his sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance. And now that he's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound (about as much as a large mango^
), you may be able to see him squirm underneath your clothes. Blood vessels in his lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing him for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as your dog barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze him when she hears them outside the womb.
Credit: Baby Center
Maternity Clothes: At this very moment, I'm wearing a pair of my regular jeans!!! Granted, I am pretty uncomfortable. And they are unbuttoned and only zipped 1/3 of the way. But they still fit everywhere else so I'm soaking it up! I only wore them to run some errands and will soon change into pajama pants.
Gender: BOY!!!
Movement: He is still active but not quite as much kicking as last week. He
bounces around in there for several seconds at a time! And does somersaults!!
Sleep: Sleeping great lately!
Symptoms: Round ligament pain; Still
bad back pain but thankfully it's off & on now; Trouble formulating complete sentences with the right
words! At the self-checkout at the grocery store today, I told Perry "I skipped scanning" after scanning a watermelon, then "I mean, you can put it in the box" ??? He just kept looking at me {waiting for me to make sense?} and asked "did you scan it?".
What I meant to say was "I skipped
bagging, so you don't have to set it in the bagging area. You can put it in the
cart". We got a good laugh!
Other Notes: I have accepted the fact that my belly button is going to be an outie {they used to gross me out. I knew a girl in kindergarten who's bb stuck out like an inch!!}
Cravings: Watermelon. Apples.
Best moment of the week: Spending last weekend in Concord/Charlotte= our niece's 5th birthday party on Saturday afternoon, hanging out (and eating a delicious dinner!) with my cousin Luke and his girlfriend, Laela, at their new apartment, then going out for breakfast with Sara and seeing her new apartment!!!
What we are looking forward to: The first day of Fall and another doctor's appointment today; the NC State Fair next month!
23 week belly picture:
