Your baby's growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. That puts him at just over a pound. Since he's almost a foot long (picture an ear of corn), he cuts a pretty lean figure at this point, but his body is filling out proportionally and he'll soon start to plump up. His brain is also growing quickly now, and his taste buds are continuing to develop. His lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help his air sacs inflate once he hits the outside world. His skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon.
24 weeks! It feels like this is a milestone, partially because this is what many consider the week that babies are viable outside of the womb. I have no worries of Sprout coming early, of course! It just feels like a good milestone to hit. It feels like the pregnancy has slowed down a wee bit in the past two weeks. But I know that overall this pregnancy is flying, and he will be here before we know it. It's exciting!
I am feeling good. My appetite has flown the coop though. I'm so thirsty, drinking a lot (as I always do), but eating is just.. meh! No thanks. I of course have to eat, and I do, but food is just not something I care to think much about. Nothing looks good whatsoever!
I'm definitely more tired, which is frustrating because I have a touch of insomnia it seems. I'm taking naps, which doesn't help the attempts to sleep at night, but hey, when I want to sleep, I WANT TO SLEEP. I'm not the kindest person to be around when I'm running on little to no sleep, even I can admit that. ;)
It feels like the baby has grown a lot in the past week. His kicks are so much more noticeable, he has woken me up from a deep sleep a few times even! I love this, though. I can say that now, because he's pretty much off of my bladder and kicking away from my bladder as well. Such a good baby already, ha.
I did a video of him kicking and posted it on my Facebook earlier this week. I did a couple of short videos of him kicking yesterday as well, thought I'd share here. Pretty soon I'll be able to see things poking out (most likely feet or elbows, that sort of thing). But I love seeing these kicks, they are so out of the blue sometimes, too.
Oh, and forgive the stretchmarks and herniated navel! My poor navel has given up and needs repaired surgically eventually. ;)
First video, look just to the right of my navel and at 7 seconds there's a kick.
Second video, look to the very right and the kick is within the first second of the video!
AND the monthly belly shots (soon to be taken every two weeks):
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