23 weeks

Fetal development in pregnancy week 23:

At this point you’ve pretty much adjusted to the fact you’ve got a moving little gymnast inside of you, but now they’re going to kick up the party a notch because they can hear and react to sounds from the outside world. Sounds from your alarm clock, a thunder roll, or that darned car honking at you across the intersection can actually jar their little ears enough to elicit a kick or violent bout of squirming. Of course this also means that their little ears are picking up the sounds of your voice and those near you. So go ahead, sing a lullaby to your little angel—if they start kicking, it’s likely they just want you to stop… or maybe it was a kick of approval? You decide. Your baby's tiny taste buds are still growing and their bones are continuing to ossify (harden), their tiny veins are visible through their translucent yet wrinkly skin. (Think of it this way: they’ve been swimming in the equivalent of a long hot bath for the past 23 weeks, so you can’t blame them for being a little prune-like.)

Awww!

Brandon finally felt Bella move last night! It was so sweet. I was sitting there feeling her kicking up a storm so I grabbed his hand and he got thumped! Then he bent over and started kissing her and telling her how much he loved her. It almost brought a tear to my eye! Sitting here thinking about it brings a smile to my face while Bella kicks at the laptop!

I am DONE!

with Christmas that is!!! *LOL* I finished wrapping all of Kiera's presents today. I still have to wrap my niece's and nephew's few presents that my mom got them and I have one more present to buy for them (they want that Connect 4 x 4) but other than that I'm all finished! Woo Hoo!!!!

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22 weeks

Fetal development in pregnancy week 22:

The grow must go on! No wonder you’re getting so big, you’re now housing a wonder-baby who weighs nearly a pound and measures nearly a foot in length. Their perfect little pancreas is now further developed and they’ve also started producing their own hormones! Your baby's future in the circus as a world-famous tight-rope-walker is secure: their inner ear is now developed to the point that they have their own sense of balance. Lucky for your little explorer, balance also promotes physical dexterity, which has them actively feeling out their surroundings where skin, body parts, and the resident umbilical cord are the big sensory experiences. Your foot-long baby, is looking a bit like an oversized raisin right now as more and more wrinkles are showing up each week. Not to worry, all that excessive wrinkling is just their skin’s way of planning ahead for the time when they’ll start piling on that irresistible baby chub.

21 weeks

Fetal development in pregnancy week 21:

Your beautiful little miracle-gro baby will be putting on a full ounce and a half this week (and weighing up to 16.5 ounces), but that’s just the beginning! Within the next five weeks, they’ll really be packin’ it on! For now, we’re pleased to report the addition of rapid eye movement (REM) a key component to any healthy baby’s sleep schedule. While in the dermatology department: their thin soft skin is very red, rather translucent, and a bit wrinkled. Not to worry, it’s not a premature aging disease. It's just their clever little body setting them up with extra space that will smooth out once your little one starts packing on the baby-fat. That won’t be for a few more weeks, though. So for the time being, your munchkin is still a little lean mean growing machine! The beginnings of what is commonly called “brown fat” is just starting to fill in to help your baby retain some body heat, which is crucial as they’re not yet capable of regulating their own body temperature.

My Addiction

They say the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. My addiction is vampires. Maybe it's because they have flooded mainstream society but I'm madly in love with the blood sucking variety. My husband knows this and he accepts it, even occasionally he'll contribute to my needs. Between Anne Rice's vamps and the mild manner Twilight variety, I'm like a pig in mud... allow me to overindulge in these naughty creatures of the night. The kind I like the best comes from my fav author Christine Feehan. Of course her vamps are the uberbad kind and it's the Carpathians I love the most but again... I'm addicted.

As far as vampy movies go, I don't like them.. Vamps are super sexual and yummy, not dirty foul smelling beasties. I will probably watch New Moon when it comes out but I really hate the actors they chose for a fav series of mine. Hopefully they'll redeem themselves by the time Breaking Dawn comes around.

Until then, I will feed my addiction through my books that I've read a hundred times and pray that it's enough!

20 weeks

This week you're carrying about 10.5 inches and 10.5 ounces of solid baby-miracle-goodness! Their little delicates bones continue to ossify and toughen while their itsy bitsy finger and toe pads are finishing up. Your little monkey now has teeth buds, although they’re hidden beneath the gum line. And finally! Their limbs have reached their relative proportions—no more alien baby! Their cute pink lips are more defined, and might be helping out in a bit of prenatal thumb-sucking. If you have a little boy, then their tiny testes are descending, though they have not yet passed the abdominal wall. What’s more, eyelashes and eyebrows are also visible. At this point, your little one really looks like a miniature baby—and we do mean miniature as your little swimmer currently weighs a mere eighth of their final birth weight. With half the pregnancy behind you, the most significant gains are yet to come!