It doesn't sound too long to go now. Although we were talking at Nathaniel's first birthday party yesterday (which was bags of fun and made us very proud of him, and very proud of Sarah after seeing his first birthday cake! Wow.) about how close Christmas is really - a mere 15 weeks. Eeeks!
This weekend, we will be buying the paint for the nursery. Woot! What excitements. We will probably order the carpet too, as that takes a few weeks to arrive.
So, 23 weeks down. I have been experiencing Braxton Hicks contractions recently, which I only found out about today! I thought it was the baby or something...bit ignorant there. Anyway, it's the weirdest feeling, but you can feel my tummy turn rock solid seconds afterwards. The best way I can describe it is it feels like there's a tiny wave in the tummy that gets tighter and tighter and then disappears. Funny feeling but still amazing!
So little one now weighs a little more than 500g and measures about 28.9cm from crown to heel, as that is now how they are measured. The hearing is well established and they can make out a distorted version of voices, the beating of my heart and my stomach rumblings! Loud noises baby has often heard in the womb, such as a vacuum cleaner, probably won't bother the baby when they're is born. In addition to advances in our baby's hearing, the lungs are developing to prepare for breathing.
The really incredible thing is how much our baby is growing! If Flump were to be born right now, they would have a small chance of survival (about 16 per cent) with the right care. Every day in the uterus makes a difference at this stage. If Flump was born at 24 weeks the chance of survival would rise to 44 per cent - you just marvel at the way they're being knitted together literally minute by minute!
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