On the Move!

Gratuitous Freja shot - didn't want to leave her out of this post! Here she is sporting her new winter coat on her way in to the Basalt library on Monday morning.

For the past few weeks I have been feeling the baby move here & there, and about a week ago Jan finally got to feel her move too. I really should have him writing this week's blog post to give you his POV. Little Secondi is on the move lately, still no big kicks or punches, but definitely doing somersaults (and using my bladder as a trampoline) at all hours, day & night. You might think since we are BTDT (been there, done that) parents-to-be that it's no big whoop, but it's still very exciting & reassuring feeling her ongoing activity.

For week 23 - How your baby's growing:
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 cat meowing or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze her when she hears them outside the womb. This week marks the beginning of some serious weight gain. Your baby's weight in the next four weeks alone should double. (Yipes!) You have probably heard your developing baby's heartbeat through a Doppler a number of times already (though you never get tired of hearing it), but by now you can also hear it through a standard stethoscope. What a heart throb!