Week 23

Not a whole lot to add this week. Baby is doing good! We're feeling him move a lot at different intervals, and since last night we can actually see him moving in my belly which is really weird but neat. My sleeping hasn't been that great lately. My hips start hurting which wakes me up, and the side of my leg will be asleep, so there's lots of tossing and turning. I still have my RL pain, but have been continuing to teach my Zumba classes twice a week. Not sure how long that will last. As of my last Dr's appt, I was up 10 lbs total so far. I still think it looks like I have a beer gut instead of a proper preggo belly :)

Miles and I will be scheduling our first pregnancy classes next week. It will be four weeks long and will start in October. We decided instead of focusing on one method, we would take a class that goes over everything. If I'm not happy with it, then perhaps we will look into another one. I am also very interested in taking some breast feeding classes to give me the most chance at success.

How your baby's growing:

Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With her sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance. And now that she'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 her squirm underneath your clothes. Blood vessels in her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her 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 her when she hears them outside the womb.