22 Weeks...

Bubs has been moving around like crazy this past week. Sometime she kicks or punches so hard it can actually be uncomfortable. I haven't noticed any sort of pattern to her movements yet. Apparently she is supposed to have awake times and sleep times, but it just seems like she is active all day and night. It worries me that this may continue after she is born and I'm going to be one of those mums who are in a constant state of zombie-ness.

These past couple of days I have found that I lose my balance very easily and I get a really bad stitch in my side when walking to work from the train station or walking the dogs. Apparently I am already walking like a pregnant women. Not sure how I feel about that seeing as I still have another 4 months to go. I think I am getting to the point where I will soon need to take my belly ring out as it is starting to get irritated. Bummer! I was hoping to keep it in for as long as possible but my stomach has seriously morphed into a major baby belly. So much so that I am now being offered a seat in the train. Granted only one person has done that so far and she was roughly about the same age as me but it was still a nice gesture. It's funny though how guilty and embarrassed I felt about about being offered a seat by someone who was about the same age as me.

I bought some earphones on the weekend and Jeff is going to find me some classical music to play to the baby. It'll give her something else to do in there other than listening to my digestive system all day. Must get boring after a while. I might even throw in some Madonna or Billy Joel so I can get her used to my taste of music so that there won't be any arguments in the car when she's older.

Popp Jnr's Development at 22 weeks... Bub now looks like a miniature newborn. Her lips are becoming more distinct and her eyes have developed; though the iris still lacks pigment, her eyebrows and eyelids are in place. Her pancreas, essential for hormone production, is developing steadily and the first signs of teeth are showing beneath the gum line. Bub now weighs almost one pound / 430 grams, and measures nearly 11 inches/ just over 27 centimetres long from crown to heel.