This is an exciting time in our lives. Not only is it exciting as it is our first child, but also because we get to share the sex of our baby with all our families during the Christmas season. Below is some information as I have been posting weekly except this week instead of seeing what the baby looks like according to the websites, I have included actual ultrasound pictures showing different parts of our baby girl.
Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel — the length of a banana. (For the first 20 weeks, when a baby's legs are curled up against his torso and hard to measure, measurements are taken from the top of his head to his bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, he's measured from head to toe.)
He's swallowing more these days, which is good practice for his digestive system. He's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in his bowels, and you'll see it in his first soiled diaper (some babies pass meconium in the womb or during delivery).
From the bump:
Baby's now the size of a cantaloupe!
Baby gulps down several ounces of amniotic fluid every day, both for nutrition and to practice swallowing and digesting. And, these days, those taste buds actually work! Studies show that after birth, babies respond best to tastes they've already had via amniotic fluid. Meaning, think about what you'd like your future child to eat as you prepare your own lunch.
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| Our little lady crossing her legs |
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| Baby girl's left foot |
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| Baby girl with her limbs extended |
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| Profile shot |
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| Drama girl - hard to tell but her hand it on top of her forehead |
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