23 Down, 17 To Go!

Once again, I'm late on my weekly post :-) And once again, I will say that I just can't believe that I'm already at 23 weeks! It never ceases to amaze me how fast the time has passed.

There's not much new development going on with Andrew this week. He has reached the point where most systems and organs have begun development, so he is just continuing to develop those and is putting on weight. He is putting on fat and muscle. By the end of this month, he will actually double his weight! He's about 1 pound or just over right now, and about the length of a papaya. Papaya was his size last week also, but at 5 months, he has stopped growing so much each week in length, and has started expanding outward instead. So, now he gets a new fruit size each month instead of each week. All of that fat he is gaining is making his skin less see-through. Right now, all of his organs and bones and etc are visible through his skin. At my last ultrasound, I got a great picture of his leg where you can see the bone so clearly, and one of his profile that shows his spine with great definition. His skin is also red-tinted from the blood flow, but that's not visible from an ultrasound, and it also hangs loosely from his little body. Once all that fat develops he'll be pleasantly chubby though :-)

He is moving around a LOT! His little kicks are getting so strong too! We were laying in bed last night, and all of a sudden my belly jumped!! It was so cool! He gave several kicks that were visible from the outside. He doesn't like to cooperate when other people try to feel him, but soon he'll be big enough that it won't matter. Other people will be able to feel him whether he likes it or not! :-)

I haven't had any new developments this week either really. I had my monthly doctors appointment on Thursday. She said everything looked wonderful. She measured my belly and said it was right on target.

I have got preggo-brain to the max, lol! I forget anything if I don't write it down, and I am a total dimwit sometimes. For example: I couldn't figure out why my heartburn was so bad, because I was taking Zantac every night. I decided to take a look at the bottle, and lo and behold, I should have been taking it TWICE a day! Hahaha...I have gone crazy. So, now that I'm taking it morning AND night, my heartburn is under control, yay!

That's all I've got for tonight, so I hope y'all are having a great weekend!