It’s official my favorite blue jeans no longer fit, not even with a belly band. But the sprout is growing! I’ve gained 8 pounds in the last month, making that 8 pounds total for the pregnancy. I’m starting to feel very well-rounded. I started doing some pregnancy meditations—“36 weekly practices for bonding with your unborn baby”. I wish I’d started sooner, they are wonderful. This week, week 23, included a short poem that is really beautiful. I’d like to share it.

That then, is loveliness
we said
Children in wonder watching
the stars,
Is the aim at the end.

~Dylan Thomas

And now…Voila! The long awaited belly photos.

My belly from 4.5 months to 5.5 months.