25 Weeks Today ~

Your little grower’s physical proportions are evening out at this point and most of their remaining development will largely be weight gain and lots and lots of nervous system development. The good news is: if your child is born premature now they’ll be more likely to survive without too much trauma as their lungs began to produce “surfactant” last week, which means their tiny respiratory system is getting stronger with each passing day. Yes, now’s a good time for a minor sigh of relief and a quick pat on the back. All that hard work and conscientious living is really getting your child prepared for a healthy delivery. Keep up the fabulous work mama! This week they’ll be scootching slowly out of the old breech position and start rotating (already!) into a better position for exit during their birth. Their head and feet are slowly rotating so that the head is pointed down towards the birth canal. Time is short (or really long, depending on who you ask)—just (still!) 14 weeks left before you can go back to being a single-resident human.

Biggest thing this week, Jared finally got to feel the baby move. He kicked 3 times in a row for his Daddy. It's very nice that he has been able to experience that with me now. It has been pretty cool to just sit at night and watch my belly move. Our 2 1/2 year old nephew was really cute the other day. My sister asked him what Aunt Amy & Uncle Jar Jar are having and he gets really excited and says "baby boy", then he tried to lift up my shirt to see the baby. They will have a lot of fun together.