22 Weeks

What should be happening with Erynn this week:

Your baby weighs about 11 ounces, measures about 7.6 inches from head to rump, and is growing eyelashes and eyebrows. These two latest developments will be a key method of communicating his or her happiness, frustration, confusion, or interest until he or she can talk.

21 Weeks and Tired

Erynn is wearing me out. I am tired and sleepy almost all the time. However, still not feeling her move alot yet. The doctor says the placenta is above her which could be obstructing me from feeling her move. Of course, the placenta being above is good because it being low could be a problem. So I will accept and keep enjoying the rest.

Info on what is happening with her this week:

Your baby weighs approximately 10.5 ounces and is about 7.2 inches from head to rump and is busy moving within your uterus, surrounded by amniotic fluid. He or she is learning how its arms and legs move, and using its hands to feel its facial features, which you may be able to see on an ultrasound.

Pics of Erynn

Finally got the scanner working so here are a couple of pics of Erynn taken at the last dr appt. The first one is her facing toward you. The second one is here laying on her back.

Half Way There

Well it's 20 Weeks and we are still growing. Looking more pregnant these days. (The pic was from around 18 weeks.) My mom made the dress that my coworker Tom calls my 50s retro dress. Here is some more of that fun info about what the baby is doing now!

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).

It's A Girl!

We got the news today! We have a girl! Little Erynn was moving alot and the doctor said everything looks great. We saw spinal cord, stomach, bladder, brain and lots of fingers and toes! She is still on track to arrive around Thanksgiving and our 13th Anniversary.