25 weeks

What is going on in the development of baby Kane?

• Baby is around 13.5 inches in length and weighs 1 and half pounds.
• Bones are becoming solid, hands are now fully developed.
• The brain is growing rapidly, the brain cells are starting to mature.
• The sexual organs are fully developed.
• Baby is now pretty well built portion wise even though it still has little body fat and its skin is thin.
  
• The structures of the spine begin to form -- All 33 rings, 150 joints and 1000 ligaments.
• The tiny brain is growing rapidly, and the baby is starting to fill the space in your uterus.
• The uterus is now about the size of a soccer ball and mom looks pregnant.
• Your baby's hands are now fully developed, although some of the nerve connections to the hands have a long way to go.
  
• Dexterity is improving. Your baby can make a fist and clasp objects placed in palm. Exploring the structures inside your uterus may have become baby's prime entertainment. Fascinated by the amount of tactile stimulation a fetus gives itself; it touches a hand to the face, one hand to the other hand, clasps its feet, touches its foot to its leg, its hand to its umbilical cord.
• Blood vessels of the lungs develop.
  
• Your baby's nostrils begin to open.
  
• The nerves around the mouth and lip area are showing more sensitivity now. Their swallowing reflexes are developing.
  
• Baby can hear sounds outside the womb and the brain cells are starting to mature also.
• Already it can learn and remember and can recognize its mother and fathers voice.
• Babies at 25 weeks of pregnancy stand a 50% chance of survival.

I thought these were all very neat developmental milestones! In the past week a lot has gone on. I celebrated my 23rd Birthday, and Chip, his brother Jamie, Jamie's friend Will, and I all went to Charleston, SC to visit his older brother Peter & soon to be wife Mary. We had a great time relaxing on the beach and celebrating the 4th of July! It was very exciting for Peter while we were there to get to feel the baby kick! Also just last night Chip and I were able to get a little show from baby Kane! Looking down, not only could we feel his little kicks, but we could see them on my stomach, it was amazing! Time seems to be flying by, October will be here in no time!