Your baby now weighs about three-quarters of a pound and is approximately 10 1/2 inches long. His eyebrows and eyelids are fully developed. And you can certainly feel him move. He's oblivious to your schedule, though, so don't be surprised if he starts working out just when you're settling down for the night. If you're having a girl, her vagina is formed now, though it will continue to develop until birth.
The baby doesn't seem to be growing much right now, but I "feel" more pregnant recently. I am even starting to show a bit more. This week has been really fun, starting with the ultrasound last Wednesday. Now, for the last 4 days, I have been feeling Little One every day. Especially at night when I am still and quiet. It feels like a little flutter in my abdomen, it is really cool! I can't wait until Kris can feel it, too! You can't feel it from the outside yet, so I am the only one party to this sensation so far.
COME SIT A SPELL... A peek into the life of one blessed stay at home wife and mother.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Saturday, September 23, 2006
The Baby, 20 Weeks
We are half way there!!!!!!!!!!!
How your baby's growing: Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. She's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom, and about 10 inches from head to heel. (For the first 20 weeks, we use measurements taken from the top of the baby's head to her bottom — known as the "crown to rump" measurement. After that, we use measurements from head to toe. This is because a baby's legs are curled up against her torso during the first half of pregnancy and are very hard to measure.)A greasy white substance called vernix caseosa coats her entire body to protect her skin during its long submersion in amniotic fluid. (This slick coating also eases the journey down the birth canal.)Your baby is swallowing more, which is good practice for her digestive system. She's also producing meconium, a black, sticky substance that's the result of cell loss, digestive secretion, and swallowed amniotic fluid. This meconium will accumulate in her bowels, and you'll see it in her first messy diaper (although a few babies pass it in utero or during delivery).
Well, we did have our first ultrasound this week, on Wednesday. It was AWESOME!!! I have never been able to read those images at ALL, but when you are there in person, it is very clear! It really helps that the baby is in motion to be able to tell the body parts. (It's also helpful to have an ultrasound technician pointing and identifying for you.:) We could see everything very clearly. It was really cool to see his/her backbone with all the little vertebrate, and to see the heart beating! You can even identify kidneys and other organs. When we walked in, we told the tech we didn't want to know the sex, so she told us to turn our heads when she was looking in the general vicinity "in case we have a flasher." :) So, no, we still don't know the sex, I don't know if the tech saw anything or not. Some of you thought I would crack...I told you I could wait! :) The baby was moving around a lot, especially the feet and the little mouth...it was so cute!! We got to bring home a few pictures, and I will get them scanned and into the blog as soon as I get access to a scanner, we don't have one. We got 2 of the face, one of the forearm and fist covering the face, and 1 of the bottom of the feet, complete with the baby sticking out it's big toe! :) The whole experience was incredible! It made it very real that THERE'S A BABY INSIDE OF ME!!!!! I can't wait to meet this adorable little person! (Can you believe I didn't cry during all of this?!) I pray every female gets to experience this sometime in their lifetime!
By the way, my ability to feel the baby is very sporadic right now, I have only felt it one other time since the time I wrote about it. The doctor told me that was very normal, that it will be very sporadic until about 27 or 28 weeks.
How your baby's growing: Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. She's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom, and about 10 inches from head to heel. (For the first 20 weeks, we use measurements taken from the top of the baby's head to her bottom — known as the "crown to rump" measurement. After that, we use measurements from head to toe. This is because a baby's legs are curled up against her torso during the first half of pregnancy and are very hard to measure.)A greasy white substance called vernix caseosa coats her entire body to protect her skin during its long submersion in amniotic fluid. (This slick coating also eases the journey down the birth canal.)Your baby is swallowing more, which is good practice for her digestive system. She's also producing meconium, a black, sticky substance that's the result of cell loss, digestive secretion, and swallowed amniotic fluid. This meconium will accumulate in her bowels, and you'll see it in her first messy diaper (although a few babies pass it in utero or during delivery).
Well, we did have our first ultrasound this week, on Wednesday. It was AWESOME!!! I have never been able to read those images at ALL, but when you are there in person, it is very clear! It really helps that the baby is in motion to be able to tell the body parts. (It's also helpful to have an ultrasound technician pointing and identifying for you.:) We could see everything very clearly. It was really cool to see his/her backbone with all the little vertebrate, and to see the heart beating! You can even identify kidneys and other organs. When we walked in, we told the tech we didn't want to know the sex, so she told us to turn our heads when she was looking in the general vicinity "in case we have a flasher." :) So, no, we still don't know the sex, I don't know if the tech saw anything or not. Some of you thought I would crack...I told you I could wait! :) The baby was moving around a lot, especially the feet and the little mouth...it was so cute!! We got to bring home a few pictures, and I will get them scanned and into the blog as soon as I get access to a scanner, we don't have one. We got 2 of the face, one of the forearm and fist covering the face, and 1 of the bottom of the feet, complete with the baby sticking out it's big toe! :) The whole experience was incredible! It made it very real that THERE'S A BABY INSIDE OF ME!!!!! I can't wait to meet this adorable little person! (Can you believe I didn't cry during all of this?!) I pray every female gets to experience this sometime in their lifetime!
By the way, my ability to feel the baby is very sporadic right now, I have only felt it one other time since the time I wrote about it. The doctor told me that was very normal, that it will be very sporadic until about 27 or 28 weeks.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
The Baby, 19 Weeks
Your baby weighs about 8 1/2 ounces, and he measures 6 inches, head to bottom - about the length of a small zucchini. His arms and legs are in the right proportions to each other and the rest of his body now. His kidneys continue to make urine, and the hair on his scalp is sprouting. This is a crucial time for sensory development: Your baby's brain is designating specialized areas for smell, taste, hearing, vision, and touch. If your baby is a girl, she has an astonishing six million eggs in her ovaries. They'll dwindle to fewer than two million by the time she's born. A FIRST: I felt the baby move for the first time yesterday!!!!!!!!! It was so cool, it felt almost like a little throb, but in 3 different spots in about the same area, but not in a rhythmic pattern like a throb. It did kind of feel like the "butterfly" feeling they say it will feel like. I had to call Kris at work as soon as I felt it! He is such a great husband...he even teared up a bit when I told him about it! I felt it about 3 different times yesterday... it was so cool!! This whole pregnancy experience is so much more exciting than I thought it would be. I guess I took it all for granted because women around the world do this everyday, but it is so different when it is happening to you! :) It truly is a blessing from God! Just think, He could have brought another human into the world a million ways, according to His own infinite imagination, but He chose to "plant" the baby inside a woman for us to experience the formation and movement ourselves! And I ceaselesslyy read in awe of how the baby is developing...it is truly magnificent!!! How great is our God?
By they way, we will be returning to the doctor on Sept. 20th, next Wednesday, and having our first ultrasound! :) Medical technology is pretty awesome too...how cool is it that we get to see a picture of our baby while still in the womb?!
By they way, we will be returning to the doctor on Sept. 20th, next Wednesday, and having our first ultrasound! :) Medical technology is pretty awesome too...how cool is it that we get to see a picture of our baby while still in the womb?!
Thursday, September 07, 2006
The Baby, 18 Weeks
Head to bottom, your baby is approximately 5 1/2 inches long (about the length of a large sweet potato) and she weighs almost 7 ounces. She's busy flexing her arms and legs — movements that you'll likely start noticing more and more. Her blood vessels are visible through her thin skin and her ears are now in position and stand out from her head. Myelin (a protective covering) is beginning to form around her nerves, a process that will continue for a year after she's born. If you're having a girl, her uterus and Fallopian tubes are formed and in place. If your baby is a boy, his genitals are noticeable, though he may hide them from you during an ultrasound. There doesn't seem to be a lot of excitement right now, the baby's growth seems to have slowed down a little bit. It doesn't look like the baby really "puts on weight" until about week 26, either. Well, I guess I am glad it slowed..I don't want to deliver a 15 pound baby!!! :)
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