Week 22

Week 22! Things changed in my world of fruits and vegetables. Now, baby is compared to the same thing for a month. I'm very sad, because I looked forward to seeing each week what size my baby would be. But now - for month 5 - baby is a papaya until I'm 25 weeks along.


During this month, my little girl will range from 10.5 to 12 inches long, and from 13 ounces to 1.3 pounds. She'll go from being completely dependent on the womb, to being potentially "viable" if something were to happen. Big month, huh! But I'm not intending for her to make an early exit -- she'd better hold tight for another 18 weeks!

She's still quite active in there. I feel kicks all day long, and the occasional bout of hiccups. Each visit to the OB allows us the opportunity to hear her heartbeat, which is going strong in the 150's. But this last appointment, we could even hear every time she kicked me! That was funny, and interesting because I learned that I don't even feel every kick I receive! She is sure active in there. Perhaps she is just really tall, like her mama's side of the family.