5 Months Today!

What an exciting week with all the new movement. I have been lucky and have been able to feel the baby move everyday since the first feeling last Friday.

I have included a few new belly pictures taken this morning. My God, my belly looks different in photos from what I see daily...




The Baby

Our baby is now half of his birth length, 10 inches (25 centimeters). It is nowhere near halfway when it comes to it's weight, though: he just weighs 11 ounces (320 grams) compared to the average full term birth weight of 7 1/2 pounds it's growth will speed up from this point on, especially if you take it easy.

It's normal that you don't feel movement every day. Sometimes you feel it a few times a day and sometimes you feel nothing for several days. You can also feel it in different places in your abdomen. It still has enough room to swim to all of the different sides. And, the baby has to sleep, also... He often stays quiet when you're busy and when you come home tired from work and plop down on the couch at night, your little one wakes up.