Week 19 of 40:
We start out this week with another cold. But, it is so exciting to be just about at 'halfway'. My belly is getting bigger and bigger. And Ryan was able to put his head on my belly last night and hear the baby's heartbeat. It's amazing to me.
From Pregnancy Ages & Stages:
Baby's length: 6 inches
Baby's weight: 7.5 ounces
Baby's size: Magic 8-ball
From Pregnancy Weekly:
Age of Fetus - 17 weeks
The baby is developing at a steady pace and has undergone some incredible changes. This week, the baby begins taking on more fat, which is very important for its ability to create and maintain heat and for metabolism. If your baby is a girl, primitive egg cells are developing in her ovaries. Girls are born with all the eggs they will ever have. The egg you released to conceive this baby is as old as you are now!
We start out this week with another cold. But, it is so exciting to be just about at 'halfway'. My belly is getting bigger and bigger. And Ryan was able to put his head on my belly last night and hear the baby's heartbeat. It's amazing to me.
From Pregnancy Ages & Stages:
Baby's length: 6 inches
Baby's weight: 7.5 ounces
Baby's size: Magic 8-ball
From Pregnancy Weekly:
Age of Fetus - 17 weeks
The baby is developing at a steady pace and has undergone some incredible changes. This week, the baby begins taking on more fat, which is very important for its ability to create and maintain heat and for metabolism. If your baby is a girl, primitive egg cells are developing in her ovaries. Girls are born with all the eggs they will ever have. The egg you released to conceive this baby is as old as you are now!
Other changes that are happening:
- The baby's ears now stand out from the head.
- The placenta will continue to grow from this point on but only in diameter, not thickness.
- This week a temporary hair called lanugo will appear on the baby's body and head but disappear by birth. No one is sure of the purpose of this hair.
Baby's Size (head to rump) this week: About 5.25 to 6 inches
Weight: Approximately 7 ounces
Right now your baby is about the size of a small banana.
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