
Today is January 5, 2008, the new year. Six months later, my baby will be born and come to this world. I pray to the God to prevent anything bad happening to me, my husband M and the baby. May the baby come to this world as a healthy, strong, smart and lovely one!
This week is my 17th week, aslo the fifth month of pregnancy. Important work is taking place in baby’s brain. This month, his/her nerve cells will increase rapidly, especially in the front of the brain, where thinking takes place. Fatty sheaths, which act like insulators on electrical wires to speed messages as they travel, have begun to form around the nerve of the spinal cord. (from American Baby’s As Your Baby Grows, Volume 16, Number 2, 2007)
Also during this month, the baby’s senses continue to awaken. The baby has begun to develop his/her ear from inside out. He/she can not only hear the sounds of my heart beating and blood, but also discern my voices.
According to these changes, I changed my fetal education practice a little bit. During this month, I decide to do the following things for him/her:


