So anyways, here's the latest bump watch photo -- Christina at 23 weeks, 3 days!
And here's what BabyCenter.com had to say about our little guy's development this week:
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 he hears them outside the womb.And it's TRUE -- I did in fact see baby movement this week! I was sitting at my desk at work, drinking some ice-cold water (trying to get my 64-80 oz. of water per day). The baby tends to be more active after I drink cold water -- I think maybe he's responding to the feeling of cold water in my stomach? So he started kicking up a storm -- and with one particularly strong kick, I actually saw the top of my belly move! I immediately called David, and we marveled at our son's growing strength -- he's totally going to be a soccer star. :)
In other news, I had my monthly OB appointment yesterday afternoon. We got to meet another doctor in the practice, which is great, since any one of them might be the OB actually delivering our baby -- it all depends on when I go into labor and who's on call that day. I apparently am a textbook pregnant patient -- my weight gain is on track (finally up a net 10 pounds!), the baby's heartbeat is strong, my tests have all come back within normal limits, and my uterus is measuring just as it should be. We're so thankful for this "boring" pregnancy!
Oh, and we finally fixed our scanner, so I updated our 20-week ultrasound post with sonograms! [Here's a fun grammar/diction factoid that I didn't know before I was pregnant -- the "ultrasound" is the actual procedure using high-frequency sound waves to scan internal organs; the "sonogram" is the picture that results from the ultrasound procedure. The terms are colloquially used interchangeably, but I like precision in my word usage... So now you know!]
[And while we're talking pregnancy-related grammar/diction and precise word definitions... "Nauseous" technically means nausea-inducing, while "nauseated" means feeling sick. For instance, "I am nauseated because that smell is nauseous." I know this is totally a losing battle -- even dictionaries have started giving "affected with nausea" as the primary definition of "nauseous" -- so I've generally stopped "correcting" people, but I still firmly stick with the traditional definitions of these words. And thought I'd use this blog as a platform for raising "nauseous"/"nauseated" awareness. :)]
OK, OK, I'm done, I promise. Thanks for humoring this pregnant lady and her weird word usage hangups!
Our son: future soccer star and grammatical pedant... :)
5 comments:
1. You look huge! (Actually I have no idea if you're relatively huge or not, but you do look great.)
2. Mango! Excellent!
3. And THANK YOU! There is finally someone else who understands the pain I feel when people say they feel nauseous. I used to say, Actually, I find you quite pleasant, but they looked at me like I'd sprouted horns.
Anyway, here's to the rest of the pregnancy going as smoothly!
You really do look great! And I hope you've noticed that I've been very pointedly commenting on how much BIGGER you look, rather than whining about how much smaller I would rather be (and thus how lucky you are, etc. - I know that can be just as annoying as having people say, "you must be due any day!" which is what I get). Too bad we can't swap pounds, eh? :-)
Ha! You crack me up. Nauseous or nauseated - either way you're totally huge! In the best possible way. You look awesome and your word useage is just as good. Great update!
i'm probably not the first to say this, but you should really consider making a flipbook out of these bumpwatch pics.
also, i'd love to see you show different emotions leading up to the big day! haha
for the first time, I can honestly say you look HUGE, Christina!
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