Today is 23 weeks, and that means that the baby is embarking on a weight-gain extravaganza over the next four weeks. Today she is probably a little over 11 inches in length and a little over a pound, but in the next four weeks she will more than double in weight! YAY, but ... she already seems to be taking up a lot of room, so ... we'll see.
Her hearing is also getting better and better every day, to prepare for all of the sounds she will hear when she arrives. She is also supposedly able to feel me moving around now because her sense of feeling is so well developed. It only seems fair, since I can DEFINITELY feel her moving around in there! She continues to be a big mover. I have to constantly remind myself that she is only a pound -- it is hard to believe she is so little but can make her presence known with as much force as a bowling ball!
Her skin is also reddish in color right now because of the rapidly developing blood vessels and the fact that her skin is so thin. The blood vessels in her lungs are also developing to prepare for breathing.
I continue to get bigger and bigger -- big surprise -- and have been getting some fun comments lately.
Strangers will say, "OH MY, you are ready to POP! When are you due?" and of course, I tell them "In four months" and they look horrified. This past week, FOUR different people at work asked me, "Are you SUPPOSED to be this big?!?!" I REALLY wanted to say, "I don't know. Are YOU?" but I just smiled and said something vague and walked away.
Other than unwelcome comments, I am feeling the stretch in my muscles all up and down my torso and am getting some unwanted pressure on my diaphram, making it difficult to talk a lot when I am teaching (which, if you know me, is a CRYING shame, since it is what I do best!), but things are pretty good overall. Still some feet and ankle swelling, aches and pains, and trouble sleeping, but nothing unusual, and nothing that I don't already know is going to get worse as time goes by! :)
In just a few weeks I will be in the third trimester, and I can't wait!
3 comments:
You look awesome! I love that top!
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This? "I don't know. Are YOU?" Is awesome. Please say it for real. Just once. For me. I love it.
haha. I'm 32 weeks and I had my first inappropriate man comment the other day. I was walking into the grocery store and a complete stranger yelled "Don't eat ANYTHING else!" He's lucky it was actually pretty funny.
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