22 weeks

Today I am officially 22 weeks.

According to today's ultrasound I am 23 weeks and 1 day.
The baby looks like an alien still but everything is well.
I didn't see much this time but dh saw a great profile of baby's head and saw baby yawning.

At the last ultrasound the lady said it could be a girl as when she scanned the genitals it looked like what is the vulva walls but we weren't to quote her as she has been wrong before this time the new lady said it was presenting as a girl.

So we are having a girl yeah!

it still could be wrong but lets hope its not.

If it is a girl her name is Melody Joy.

But we do have a back up boys name if need be

Week Twenty-Two

• Your baby weighs close to a pound at this point!
• Your baby can now hear your conversations more clearly than before!. When you talk, read, or sing, expect her to hear you. Studies have found that newborns will suck more vigorously when read to from a book they heard frequently in utero.
• Eyelids and eyebrows are fully formed.
• Fingernails have grown to the end of the fingers.
• Be prepared for all those "Why" questions coming! Your baby's brain has entered a stage of rapid growth, especially in what's called the germinal matrix. This structure deep in the middle of the brain serves as a kind of factory for brain cells and disappears shortly before birth. But the brain's amazing expansion program continues until around the five birthday.
• With some help from mom, baby's liver is starting to break down bilirubin, a substance produced by red blood cells.
• If your baby is male his testes begin their descent to the scrotum.
• Primitive sperm have formed and he is producing testosterone.
• Length is 10.94 inches (27.8cm); weight is nearly 1 pound (430gm).