Flying back home

This is day number 161 and I am 23 weeks! I have 119 days or 17 weeks left, and I am 57.5% of the way there.

Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With my sense of movement well developed by now, I can feel my mom dance. And now that I am more than 28 cm long and weighs around half a kilo (about as much as a large mango), my mom and my dad are able to see me squirm underneath my mom’s clothes!

Blood vessels in my lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that I am increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing for my entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as your dog barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze me when I hear them outside the womb.

By the way, I am still in Sofia, and I am flying back home this afternoon.