20 weeks!

     okay.. so im a little behind! time just goes  by so fast! im 20 weeks now and at the halfway point. according to baby center my baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces and is around 6 1/2 inches long from crown to rump, the length of a banana, and about 10 inches from from head to heel! now that sounds like a big baby, but unfortunately for me its not even half its birth length yet! for the first 20 weeks, when baby's legs are curled up against their torso and hard to measure, so baby's measurements are taken from crown to rump. after 20 weeks the baby is measured from head to toe.

not a typical looking banana but i thought it was funny!!

    
     a couple interesting things i learned about my baby last week at 19 weeks is that hair on the baby's head started sprouting (hopefully it will be my hair and not thomas's!!), and a waxy protective coating called the vernix caseosa also started forming on the skin to prevent it from pickling in the amniotic fluid.
     i can feel the baby moving all the time, especially after i eat something sugary! it feels almost like a strong bubble in your stomach pushing up against the inside of your stomach. the baby does not like to be pushed on, but i do it anyway because then it kicks my my hand and tries to push it away or moves to another spot!
     only a few more days i find out if its a boy or a girl! i am so anxious to know what it is and i am counting down the days!!

20 weeks!