Week 23

Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With her sense of movement well developed by now, our baby can feel me dance. And now that she's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound (about as much as a large mango), I may be able to see her squirm underneath my clothes. Deven and I have seen this a few times already, watching my belly move when she kicks is the strangest and coolest thing!!

Blood vessels in her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that our baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as a dog barking (or a Fatty meowing!!) or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze her when she hears them outside the womb.