Look at me I'm not that far behind! :) Well I called last week 21 weeks, but I had completed 21 weeks..and was working on 22..but for the sake of saneness...last week.. :) Dill finally felt the baby move :) I had felt it for a couple days from the outside and kept having him try..although he's super impatient. But he finally felt a couple :) which was really exciting! My swelling has actually gone down some which is amazing and great! Well it was bad Friday night because i played cards for hours with my feet down but once it went down my feet feel great! Although I need a pedicure, which Chan promised for my Bday! We spent the weekend camping with net and nick and their neighbors..it was lots of fun, it really cooled off during the night time so we were nice and cool in our tent! It was nice to be away from the house! Hope everyone else had a safe weekend! I can't believe I go back to the Dr next week! and then we get to see our little pea pod in two weeks :) I had some pain in my lower stomach/pelvic area this weekend, especially after peeing, but it goes away fairly quickly..I'll have to ask the dr about it!
Here's the picture of baby last week and info!
Your Baby
Chances are good you're feeling someone performing a round-off back handspring in your uterus by now. Is there any other feeling this cool? Other highlights this week:
By now your baby looks like a mini-version of what she'll look like when she's born. All her facial features are formed and hair is growing on her head. She's even acting like a baby and will occasionally suck her thumb or yawn. Aww ...
Baby's heartbeat is getting stronger and can be heard using a good old-fashioned stethoscope. Ask for a listen at your next prenatal visit! By 21 weeks, fetal bone marrow starts making blood cells—previously done by the liver and spleen. This may not sound that exciting, but it's good news.
The amniotic fluid that has been cushioning your little bean now serves another purpose: Your baby uses it to "practice" chowing down. Yes, it sounds gross (as many aspects of pregnancy do), but it's an important step for your baby toward being able to chow down in the real world. Your baby has been swallowing amniotic fluid for a while now, but now the intestines are finally developed enough that she's absorbing small amounts of sugars from it. And let's face it, being able to effectively digest sugar is important at every stage of life.
Your baby now weighs between 10 and 11 ounces and is approximately 7 inches long—the size of a delicious, cold, frothy bottle of root beer. Float anyone?
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