23 weeks

Baby Abelson is now more than 11 inches long in total length and weighs just over a pound.

Baby Abelson does a regular 'workout' inside the womb. She turns from side to side and head over heels. Thanks to a fully developed inner ear, which controls balance, she may have a sense of whether she is upside-down or right side up in the womb. Skin pigment is now forming. She is now proportioned like a newborn except thinner since her baby fat has not developed much yet. The pancreas, essential in the production of hormones, is developing steadily. Baby has begun producing insulin, important for the breakdown of sugars.

Her movements have been getting stronger and we can sometimes see my stomach pop with her movements, it is very exciting!

More later,
Alissa and Stephen