@ 31 Weeks

Peanut is now gestationally ten weeks older than that little baby born at 21 weeks gestational age, who is going home from the hospital this week in Miami. When that wee little one arrived, she weighed less than a can of soda; she goes home this week weighing close to four pounds. Peanut, if he's in line with averages, already weighs more than three pounds, and he would now be considered premature only if he were to arrive between now and April 1 or so. Otherwise he'll be considered "preterm" all the way through May 6th or so. He's becoming extremely active. Last night he kicked and/or swatted in two different directions--up towards Monica's ribs, and down towards her left hip. That has got to feel odd. He got me in the back last night a couple of times--enough to wake me up, briefly. I wonder if it's an effort to prepare me for the waking hours of the night that are just around the corner...