19 weeks

Most of the things they say are happening I can feel the baby does have a few favourite positions . Just like its brothers under the ribs and also a new one under my gall bladder removal scar it likes to play there especially first thing in the morning.

I am feeling a bit more tired now but thats it.

Week Nineteen

• Your baby has the same awake and sleep patterns of a newborn. He has a favorite position for sleep and recognizable active and rest periods.
• Throughout baby's body, nerves are being coated with a fatty substance called myelin, which insulates the nerves so that impulses can flow smoothly.
• Scalp hair becomes apparent this week. It has sprouted and continues to grow.
• The milk teeth buds have already developed and over the next few days the buds for the permanent teeth will begin to form behind the milk teeth.
• If baby is female the uterus starts to develop. If you're having a girl, the vagina, uterus, and fallopian tubes are in place.
• If it's a boy, the genitals are distinct and recognizable.
• Your baby is swallowing amniotic fluid and his or her kidneys are making urine.
• Your little one's size is around 6.02 inches (15.3cm) and 8.47 ounces (240gm).

Is it a boy or girl?

I know I would tell you today but baby didn't agree it decided to keep its legs closed.
But everything went fine the kids came as well and the lady showed them the baby's head and feet and hands.
I have to go back in two weeks as she couldn't find the outlet valves for the heart but she said not to worry baby was not in the right position for her to see.
So maybe then baby will have its legs open so we can see.

18 weeks

Today I am 18 weeks. Only three more sleeps till we may find out what we are having (that's if the baby is in the right position).
This time the boys are coming to see the ultrasound this time.
I am feeling fine.

Week Eighteen

• Vernix (a white cheese-like protective material) forms on baby's skin with the lanugo (soft, lightly pigmented hair covering the body and limbs); both serving to protect your baby's skin during the months in water.
• Your placenta continues to grow and nourish the baby. Don't forget those prenatal vitamins!
• Tiny air sacs called alveoli begin to form in lungs. He'll be putting these lungs to good use in just a few months!
• Her vocal chords are formed. She goes through the motions of crying but without air she doesn't make a sound.
• Features of your baby's heart, including ventricles and chambers, should be visible during an ultrasound.
• Your baby measures about 5.59 inches (14.2cm) this week and weighs about 6.7 ounces (190gm).

I forgot my comment

LAst week (May7th) I saw the doctor for the first time.
First I saw the midwife and had all the usual tests and signed a few forms about testing baby and injection for baby after its born.
My blood pressure was good (well good for me lower then usual maybe that chocolate cure I read about is working lol)

The doctor asked all the usual question but when I bagged out my very first gyno (from 1989) he wasn't happy a he knows the man. I couldn't help myself that man scarred me against gyno's for life. When I was seeing him I wasn't all that keen on him but two of the women I worked with at the time had seen him for all their pregnancies and said he was good. They were much smaller then me of course (yummy mummies). After I my first son instead of saying to my mum congrats its a boy he said I got that weight off her now you get the rest!. Also when I couldn't breast feed I was very upset and all he said was well all women can't be cows. The last time I saw him he didn't even put in his notes what sex of child I had.
SO when I was having my second ds (1991) I was sick with my gall bladder the gyno walks in and says typical female fat and forty. So after he left I stormed out and demanded that I get a new doctor as I had already had a bad experience and this early in my pregnancy I will not put up with it. Well they calmed me down and they said that he was the best and I said I don't care I will not be treated that way. Well the next I saw him he was nice to me and thoughtout the pregnancy he saw me personally not his interns.
BUt enough about the past.

Although my odds of having a down's child are 1 in 536 the doctor said there was only one sure way to tell and that was with an ammio but that carry's a 1 in 250 chance of miscarry I think I'll stick with my 1 in 536 chance thanks at least didn't hurt the baby.
Also when we told him how excited the lady doing the ultrasound was about having a nasal bone he said that improves my odds as well so I am less likely now.
But I still have the same risks as anyone who is pregnant no matter what age. I am having a scan next week and hopefully find out what we as having as well.
As I will be in ultrasound dates 19 weeks and they can still do something about it then so they say. I think he means terminate if there is a problem.

17 weeks

Week Seventeen

• By week 17, your baby weighs about 4.97 ounces (140gm) and is 5.12 inches (13cm) long.
• He or she has a much more normal "human" appearance now. She holds her head more erect and her body and limbs are longer in proportion to her head.
• Pads are forming on his tiny fingertips and toes. Soon those individual swirls and whorls will be apparent.
• Her eyes are looking forward now, but they are still firmly closed.
• Meconium (composed of products of cell loss, digestive secretion and swallowed amniotic fluid), is accumulating in the bowel. This black gooey substance will become your baby's first poop!
• The umbilical cord is growing thicker and stronger and continues to rush blood and nutrients to your growing baby.
• If your child is male the prostate begins to develop.
• Her skeleton is tranforming from cartilage to bone. The bones remain flexible to make the journey through the birth canal easier.

week 16

Seeing the dr at the hospital this Wednesday for the first time.

Week Sixteen

• Fat begins to form underneath skin, providing your baby with insulation for the coming months.
• Did you know that both baby and placenta are now about the same size?
• Your little one has reached 4.57 inches (11.6cm) and approximately 3.53 ounces (100gm).
• His head and neck are held straighter now.
• This is a week of "mights!" You might hear the tiny thumps of his heartbeat with an external monitor now. The genitals are developed sufficiently that an experienced sonographer might be able to determine if your baby is a boy or a girl.
• Her heart is pumping as much as 6 gallons of blood a day and beats at a rate about double your heartrate.
• If you could take a peek inside, you would witness your child's reflexes in action! (Sucking, swallowing and blinking are now evident.) She is probably even hiccuping even though you don't feel it yet!
• Your baby has learned to breathe! This is apparent from the regular movements of his chest. Isn't it amazing that he is able to breathe "underwater," inhaling and exhaling small amounts of amniotic fluid? These actions help the lungs to develop and grow.