Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With her sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance. And now that she's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound, you may be able to see her squirm underneath your clothes. Blood vessels in her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her 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 her when she hears them outside the womb.
How far along? 23 weeks and 1 day, only 14 weeks and 6 days until he is here!
Weight Gain: 6 lbs total still, no weight gain this week...I am eating carbs trying to gain, but I am back to being sick, so nothing helps!
Maternity Clothes: I'm loving them! For the girls/women out there that allow maternity clothes to make them self conscious and cannot wait to be back in their pre-pregnancy clothes....I say rock those bad boys! I love my maternity clothes! But we are also talking about the girl who could not wait to be sporting the big prego belly! I heart being pregnant!
Gender: Still a boy! and I think he has a name! We will officially announce it later this week!
Movement: : )!!!! He moves like a crazy man now, and I cannot get enough of it! I feel it really well when I lay very still on my back! So what does Courtney do all day now? If you guessed clean, you are wrong!!! I lay on my back waiting for little man to kick or flip or punch, I'll take anything! Now don't pity Paul, I do try to fit a little housework in, here and there!
Sleep: Well sleep involves laying still, which means he will move, so I do not sleep anymore either! When he settles down I go to sleep so I am getting "enough," I just hate to miss a single moment! The good news is he is significantly less active at night, so maybe by some miracle he is actual going to not have his nights and days mixed up like so many newborns! Hey we can at least dream!
Symptoms: Terrible acid reflux and heartburn! Which in turn gives Mommy morning/day sickness again!
Best Moments this week: Finally feeling him kick consistently!!! (I normally try to find more moments, but nothing even comes close to this!)
Food Aversions: Eggs is my newest one this week
Food Cravings: Crackers and cream cheese, cheesecake, bagels and cream cheese! Basically what I am saying is put cream cheese on/in something and I am a happy hippo!
What I miss: Having my best friend to share this pregnancy with...more on that in the next post
What I am Looking forward to: December, I cannot wait to meet him!
Milestones: One more week closer! Movement!
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