So Far Away, Yet So Close

Time is a funny thing. On "Ponderings..." I may post again about how I've come to understand time, but one thing I think we can understand right now is that time is relative.

Some days, I think about our lives with this little bundle of joy and I think that the time can't come soon enough. I'm really looking forward to having this little sponge around, intent on learning everything!
Other days, I think that we are but a mere few months away from what will be undoubtedly the hardest time of our lives. The late nights and early mornings - a total lack of sleep! Oh boy, are we in for it!

It's a good thing we have clocks & calendars; otherwise, I'd go crazy!!

25 Weeks Down, 15 More to go...

Here is the development report for this week:

Your baby is responsive to touch now. You can have fun with him by trying to tickle his foot when he kicks you or by lying on your back and rolling from side to side, to see how he reacts. His eyelids will open around now and his heart is beating so strongly, it may be heard with just a stethoscope. As your baby grows, you may feel some aches and pains as your body adjusts to accommodate him. Even your center of gravity changes along with your body shape.

I have recently begun to feel a little 'big'. I'm not big compared to what I will be, but until now all of the gained weight has been within my hips. The past couple of days I've started to feel like I'm being pulled forward a bit, so now I guess the belly will just keep growing.

Peanut's moving around a lot more now, and is getting stronger. Thankfully I'm not getting kicked in the ribs yet or anything like that, but I can see movement through my skin sometimes, I love it!

Peanut is big enough to be born!

This is just crazy, but here's what the write up is on 23 weeks:

Your baby now weighs a little over one pound/ 500 grams and measures about 11.4 inches/ 29 centimetres from crown to heel. Her hearing is well established and she can make out a distorted version of your voice, the beating of your heart and your stomach rumblings. Loud noises often heard in utero, such as the barking of a dog next door or the roar of a vacuum cleaner, probably won't bother your child when she hears them outside the womb.

If your baby were to be born now, she would have a good chance of survival (about 85 per cent) with the right care. Advances in science and technology now mean that a 24-week-old baby can grow outside the womb if necessary.

That just blows my mind!