You know what? It's kind of fitting this way. The third Trimester is here and in this time the pickle will double in size lengthwise while tripling in terms of weight. That must be exhausting work! And I'm not guessing about that, either. From this point onward, the pickle will be spending 90% of her or his time sleeping like a baby.
And so why should I be breaking my back, busting my hump, struggling to try to write about somebody who's acting like such a lazy sack? Let's be honest for one second, OK? All that anybody really cares about is Kasha and her belly and my thoughts are just so much filler. If this blog were TV, you'd be getting up and going to the fridge whenever I've typed, and captivated whenever there's a pregnancy picture.
It's fine. Really, I'm OK with that!
So let's just do a gallery of the weeks gone past and I'll keep the editorializing to a minimum!
Here's Kasha in her 24th week of pregnancy. At this point the pickle is starting to fill up that womb... but like I said, it has a ton of rapid growth to come and in the next two months the space will just get tighter and tighter.
That tightness means that the skin on Kasha's belly is getting stretched tight as well. The result of that, interestingly, is a very itchy stomach!
Next we have Kasha's 25th week pictures. This was the last week we lived in our old apartment. Meaning we lived in boxes and suitcases for the 25th week. Not fun.
So, by the 25th week... potentially... the pickle is viable. This just speaks to the amazingness of science and medicine and all that jazz. Basically, even though the pickle is only about 2 pounds and nine inches, doctors would have a chance of supporting him or her through super fancy incubators. But I am writing this in the 29th week, so that kinda blows the suspense, eh?
Week 26 was when the pickle got a bedroom! We moved in to the new apartment and started picking paint colors. I'll be applying those coats while Kasha and the pickle are away in the USA, because by the 26th week all the 5 senses have developed and paint fumes be harsh, yo.
By the 26th week doctor appointment, we've been told to keep a diary of kicking.
This is mainly to record the number of kicks per day (20 is in the safe zone, less than that is cause for concern) but ask Kasha where the pickle is kicking... she's got some wild data on that as well!
Week 27 we went away for the pickle's first camping trip. We hopped in the back seat of Yang and Valentina's car and drove to Nandehai to camp on the beach. Had s'mores for the first time in ages and realized, Wow, the pickle got to have some S'mores and showed appreciation by kicking up a storm! Lucky pickle!
Now, this was ideal beach conditions! We got kinda arty with taking these photos and it is kind of appropriate for the amazing, natural light to have caught our eyes...
By the 27th week, the pickle has finished forming all that good eye stuff (namely, the retina) and will be able to process what we call 'light' into what we call 'sight.'
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