We are coming up on Week 24. When you think of how much time is left--- 16 weeks, doesn't sound too bad. Everything is still going well. I feel him move all the time and Ben felt him for the first time as well. There have been times at school when I have felt him and as an instinct I put my hand on my growing tummy and my students ask if everything is OK. I tell them it's fine and that I was just feeling him move and then they all want to feel him too. I tell them no and we continue on with what we were working on. I don't think I could handle 25 (grimy) hands rubbing my belly. I just can't do that. Here are some fun birthday facts for Austin.
Fun Birthday Facts
Your baby's birthstone will be Aquamarine (Courage)
Your baby's Astrological Sign will be Pisces
Your baby's Flower is Daffodil or Jonquil (White or Light Blue)
Your baby will be born in the Chinese Year of The Ox
This time next year your baby will be 36 Weeks Old!
Your baby will start kindergarten in 2014, be old enough to drive a car in 2025, finish high school in 2027, and will graduate from college with the class of 2031, give or take a year.
Can you imagine?
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Twenty Two Weeks
Well, I am past the half way point and only two days from being 22 weeks along. Ben and I were thinking that maybe we should be counting backwards now. 18 weeks to go sounds better than 22 weeks along. Anyway, here is what is happening this week for Austin.
Week Twenty-Two
Your baby weighs close to a pound at this point!
Your baby can now hear your conversations more clearly than before!. When you talk, read, or sing, expect her to hear you. Studies have found that newborns will suck more vigorously when read to from a book they heard frequently in utero.
Eyelids and eyebrows are fully formed.
Fingernails have grown to the end of the fingers.
Be prepared for all those "Why" questions coming! Your baby's brain has entered a stage of rapid growth, especially in what's called the germinal matrix. This structure deep in the middle of the brain serves as a kind of factory for brain cells and disappears shortly before birth. But the brain's amazing expansion program continues until around the five birthday.
With some help from mom, baby's liver is starting to break down bilirubin, a substance produced by red blood cells.
If your baby is male his testes begin their descent to the scrotum.
Primitive sperm have formed and he is producing testosterone.
Length is 10.94 inches (27.8cm); weight is nearly 1 pound (430gm).
Isn't it interesting all the things that happen and the order that it happens.
Week Twenty-Two
Your baby weighs close to a pound at this point!
Your baby can now hear your conversations more clearly than before!. When you talk, read, or sing, expect her to hear you. Studies have found that newborns will suck more vigorously when read to from a book they heard frequently in utero.
Eyelids and eyebrows are fully formed.
Fingernails have grown to the end of the fingers.
Be prepared for all those "Why" questions coming! Your baby's brain has entered a stage of rapid growth, especially in what's called the germinal matrix. This structure deep in the middle of the brain serves as a kind of factory for brain cells and disappears shortly before birth. But the brain's amazing expansion program continues until around the five birthday.
With some help from mom, baby's liver is starting to break down bilirubin, a substance produced by red blood cells.
If your baby is male his testes begin their descent to the scrotum.
Primitive sperm have formed and he is producing testosterone.
Length is 10.94 inches (27.8cm); weight is nearly 1 pound (430gm).
Isn't it interesting all the things that happen and the order that it happens.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Very Active
Our little Austin is a very active boy. After seeing him doing flips on the ultrasound I now recognize the feeling when he is doing that. He is very active. Ben is jealous that he can't feel it yet. The doctor says that spouses generally don't feel any movement until around the 24th week. So three more weeks for Ben!
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