23 Weeks

It is lovely to have Mom here for the 6th month milestone and at the reading of the books for "23 weeks pregnant."

So, at 23 weeks...

• I am looking huge! Of course I'm supposed to say I am glowing and all that... but really... I am going to be an elephant by the end of January. But it does all seem to be in my belly. Big baby.
• We are feeling (and seeing) lots of movement- the worst was the continual somersaults for the glucose tolerance test. I asked the lady drawing my blood if I would have to take the test again if I threw up. She said yes, so I managed to keep the glucose drink down. I will admit, the cool sweet drink was nice for the first sip or two, then it was like drinking undiluted lime cordial or jello... blech. I don't think baby liked it much...
  
• Baby is supposed to be able to hear and be startled by loud noises. I haven't yelled at my stomach yet, so I don't know for sure!
• We still haven't figured out the whole week/month thing. 23 weeks along, but 4 ish months to go.