Week 23
At eight inches and slightly over a pound, (ours was a pound at the beginning of the month!) the baby is the size and shape of a small doll. This week marks the beginning of some serious weight gain. The baby's weight in the next four weeks alone should double (and you may feel as though yours is too).
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! (Mike tried this last week...couldn't hear it. Might try again this week.)
Your baby's skin is reddish in color now because of the developing blood vessels underneath (remember, the skin is very thin still). It also hangs loosely from his or her little body at this point. That's because the skin grows faster than the fat develops during fetal growth. But don't worry. By the time your baby is born, he or she will be pleasantly plump and filled out — from chubby cheeks to chubby toes.
Well I popped out quite a bit since Easter..... and it will continue from now on! So just bear with me! Nothing else new to report! Mike is doing the first round of sanding on the furniture and hopes to stain it in the next couple weeks.
More next week!
1 comment:
Oh you look marvelous!!!!! Michael is doing a great job on baby k's new room.
love you xo
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