Week 24:       August 29 - September 4, 1991

   
 

You started this week off actively and visibly. We've been getting used to your evening drumming concerts, and this week you started giving us dance concerts as well. There we were, sitting and watching your mother's stomach as you jumped up and down (who knows, maybe you were doing somersaults, or jumping rope with the umbilical cord) and we could see the results of your exercises as your mother's stomach erratically bumped and jumped along with you. Quite a show, and we'll be tuning in often for additional performances.

The books tell us that you're growing rapidly - that you're about 30 cm. long and weigh about half a kilogram. That should make you about the size of a … actually, I'm really not sure what I should compare you to. Maybe a large eggplant, though I admit that that's certainly not much of a compliment. Still, that's about all that comes to mind.

To tell the truth, from now until you're born you don't seem to be doing too much else other than growing. The rapid development of all of your organs is behind us - they're all in place and are now simply taking form and growing, and growing and growing. The books tell us that your lungs aren't yet sufficiently developed, and apparently your bone structure has a lot of hardening to do, though we wouldn't really know that from the amount of kicking around that you're doing.

 


 










I apologize for the comparison, but all I can think of that's about your present size is a large eggplant. You've undoubtedly got finer qualities.