Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 19 Weeks
What’s going on with the babies: This week your baby starts bulking up and packing on the grossly named "brown fat" he'll need to keep warm when he gets evicted from his comfortable uterine home. Other highlights this week:
Vernix, a milky white coating that protects your baby's skin, appears all over your baby's body to keep his skin from getting pickled in the amniotic fluid. Think of it as if your baby has been dipped in yogurt, like those delicious but fake-healthy yogurt-covered raisins and pretzels. Ooh, we feel another craving comin' on. ... Under the vernix, a fuzzy layer of hair called lanugo now covers baby's body. Don't worry, your Mini won't look like Cousin It when he's born. Most of the fuzz will fall off before baby makes his grand entrance. Good news: Your baby's kidneys are fully functioning and producing urine this week. Bad news: That means there will be lots of diapers in your future. But so far you're safe—at the moment the pee just passes into the amniotic fluid. He now weighs about 8½ ounces and measures 6 inches, as long as a turkey sub from Subway on warm, delicious Italian Herbs and Cheese bread (or Honey Oat bread, or Oregano bread or ...)
What’s going on with Mom: I have REALLY been able to feel the babies moving all the time! It is the greatest feeling and has made everything feel a little more REAL. I'm really looking forward to our 20 week appointment next Thursday! I think this will be a BIG ultrasound and I hope to have some great pictures to post! I have started to crave milk and I have to have a glass every night before bed. Matt and I have started to talk about nursery decor and I can't wait to start decorating!
What’s going on with Dad: Matt has been very sweet lately and if there is anything I want, all I have to say is "the babies want it" and I get it right away! He always says "ANYTHING for my babies" :0)
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
18 weeks & GENDER REVEAL!
First let me apologize for well overdue update. My mind has been all over the place lately and I keep forgetting to update! So we found out that we are having two…………BOYS!!! Matt and I are both so excited! Now we can start picking out names and designing the nursery. I promise to start blogging more often and including weekly “Pregnancy Highlights” from now on!
Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 18 Weeks
What’s going on with the babies: Your baby is about 5 to 5 1/2 inches long from top to tail and weighs a little more than five ounces, about the size of a lobster tail. While in earlier weeks, your baby may have been able to sense sound with his primitive ear structures, this week, the bones of the ear become fully formed along with the part of his brain that processes signals from his ears. There's still plenty of room in your uterus, so your fetus can be quite active with his new muscles. He may change positions frequently, cross his legs, recline, suck his thumb, and turn somersaults. His retinas have become light sensitive, and your baby may be able to detect a glow if you shine bright lights at your belly (even though his eyelids are sealed).
What’s going on with Mom: I finally started to get my energy back but heartburn and indigestion have taken over. I haven’t been able to sleep at night and I’m currently trying every remedy in the book. I can feel the little beans moving throughout the day and they are most active when I lay down and just after I eat! I’m REALLY showing now and complete strangers have started to ask me when I’m due. So far the biggest craving I have had is chips and queso and the only thing I haven’t been able to eat is pizza and meat.
What’s going on with Dad: Matt has started to talk to my belly every night! He asks me every day if I felt the babies move and when. He is very protective and always making sure that I don’t overdo it. Lately he has been talking a lot about names.
There you have it. 18 weeks and growing!!!
Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 18 Weeks
What’s going on with the babies: Your baby is about 5 to 5 1/2 inches long from top to tail and weighs a little more than five ounces, about the size of a lobster tail. While in earlier weeks, your baby may have been able to sense sound with his primitive ear structures, this week, the bones of the ear become fully formed along with the part of his brain that processes signals from his ears. There's still plenty of room in your uterus, so your fetus can be quite active with his new muscles. He may change positions frequently, cross his legs, recline, suck his thumb, and turn somersaults. His retinas have become light sensitive, and your baby may be able to detect a glow if you shine bright lights at your belly (even though his eyelids are sealed).
What’s going on with Mom: I finally started to get my energy back but heartburn and indigestion have taken over. I haven’t been able to sleep at night and I’m currently trying every remedy in the book. I can feel the little beans moving throughout the day and they are most active when I lay down and just after I eat! I’m REALLY showing now and complete strangers have started to ask me when I’m due. So far the biggest craving I have had is chips and queso and the only thing I haven’t been able to eat is pizza and meat.
What’s going on with Dad: Matt has started to talk to my belly every night! He asks me every day if I felt the babies move and when. He is very protective and always making sure that I don’t overdo it. Lately he has been talking a lot about names.
There you have it. 18 weeks and growing!!!
