Week 20

Description (according to Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy):
Your baby's skin is thickening and developing layers this week, under the protection of the vernix. Your baby's hair and nails are continuing to grow. If you could sneak a peek at your baby this week, you would see a fetus remarkably baby-like in appearance, with thin eyebrows, hair on the scalp and rather well-developed limbs. At the halfway point of the pregnancy, 20 weeks, you've probably begun to feel your baby's movements. your baby is now about 6 inches long and weights about 9 ounces.

Comments:
This was the big week! We had our ultrasound yesterday morning and we have a healthy baby....(boy or girl will be released soon!) We saw the brain, spinal cord, ribs, heart (and all four chambers), stomach, kidneys, two arms, two legs, two hands and two feet! :) Our little baby is a thumb sucker and quite photogenic (baby posed a lot for the "camera"). I've posted a few of the photos at the end of the blog this week.

Total Weight Gain:
Not sure...probably more than 3 pounds...I'll find out tomorrow at my OB appointment.

Maternity Clothes:
Nothing new here except that now my "regular" jeans are getting more difficult to zip, not just button.

Stretch Marks:
Nope.

Sleep:
Yep.

Food Cravings:
Not really...just hungry often!

Movement:
Still haven't felt anything. The baby's moving around a lot in there...as evidenced by the ultrasound, but I still can't feel anything. Soon...it's gotta be soon...

Gender:
We know :) and you'll know soon :)

Belly Button:
About the same.

Best Moment of the Week:
I think it goes without saying...seeing our baby moving around, sucking it's thumb, and looking like a perfect little baby.

What I Miss:
Hm...not having to find a bathroom every 5 minutes when we're out.

What I'm Looking Forward To:
My next OB appointment (tomorrow) to hear for certain that our baby is perfectly healthy.

Milestones:
Halfway there!!!!
First baby portraits :)

And now...what you've all been waiting for (or just scrolled down to immediately)...

The baby's footprint...





The baby looking at you....in answer to my mom's question, "that big oval is the head?"...yes...





And, last but not least, our little thumbsucker in profile...