ITS A GIRL!!!

Your baby's crown-to-rump length is 5.2 to 6 inches this week. Your baby weighs approximately 7 to 8.5 ounces and will increase its weight more than 15 times between now and birth!

Most women can feel their uterus about a half of an inch below their bellybutton at this point of pregnancy. If you turn to the side, you can really tell that your body is changing! Most women have gained up to 14 pounds now and only 7 ounces of that is your baby! The placenta weighs about 6 ounces and the amniotic fluid that surrounds your baby weighs 11 ounces. Your breasts have increased in weight by 6 ounces each and the uterus has grown to 11 ounces! You may be gaining weight in places other than your abdomen and this may be affecting your posture and sleeping habits.

One of the most amazing aspects of your baby's growth and development is that of the fetal brain. Your baby's brain is one of the first organs to appear. Your baby's oversized head shows the brain's importance in her development. Because the nerves that connect the muscles to the brain have grown into place, your baby's movements are consciously directed. Your baby's ears stand out from the sides of the head and the buds for your baby's permanent teeth appear. Your baby's arms and legs have reached their relative proportions and her feet are approximately one inch long.

WE ARE HAVIN A GIRL!! Joey and I are really excited!! I thought it was a boy and Joey (and everyone else) thought it was a girl. Her name will be Audrey Kathleen and we are sooooo excited to meet her!! Anyway, we are now in full baby mode. The next couple of months will be spent preparing for out little princess to arrive. We are getting the room ready little by little. Joey has installed the new closet shelving, my little brother will inherit the desk, and the day bed will go to the local women's shelter. Those should be out of the room by the weekend (Joey's project while I am gone) and the carpets will be steam cleaned. Then after that its the daunting task of paint colors. We want to paint the walls a nice sage green color (it will go well with the bedding we picked out). We were at Lowes yesterday picking up the shelving and stopped by the paint department. Damn there are a lot of shades of green. It may take us a while to find the right shade.

The rest of yesterdays appointment went well. My weight gain is right on track, all the measurings the tech took of the baby came out great. The only problem is where my placenta is positioned. Its a little lower than they like to see. The tech and the doc didn't seem worried about it though and that it will more than likley correct itself as my uterus grows. I will get another quick ultra sound in a month or two to check on it.

How far along?: 19 weeks
Total weight gain: 14-15 lbs
How much does baby weigh?: around 8 oz
Maternity clothes?: Just pants- BUT my shirts aren't going to cut it for very much longer
Stretch marks?: nope
Sleep?: I pee every couple hours and its hard to get into a comfortable positon- But i still nap like a champ
Best moment this week?: finding out that we are having a baby girl
Movement?: Yes- she is very active
Food cravings?: just milk like usual
Labor signs?: nope
Belly button in or out?: in
What I miss: not getting unsolicited advise- if i want advise..I'll ask- plain and simple
What I'm looking forward to: getting the room ready and getting to the half way mark next week
Milestone: GIRL....duh