20 weeks

We're half way thru! I can't believe how fast time has flown by. It seems like it wasn't too long ago that we found out we were pregnant, and now look at us.... twenty weeks along! We go to the doctor on Thursday for the anatomical ultrasound. So excited about that! The ultrasound tech will do a detailed ultrasound to make sure everything is looking good at this point. They let us bring a VHS tape and DVD disk to put in the ultrasound machine to record it all, so I'm thrilled about that! What an awesome thing to have recorded!

Here's the 20 week excerpt from "What to Expect When You're Expecting":
You've got a baby the size of a small cantaloupe in your melon-size belly this week, about 10 ounces and 6.5 inches crown to rump. Your ultrasound this month should be able to detect whether your baby is a boy or a girl (it's a girl!). And oh girl, that baby has been busy. If you're having a girl, her uterus is fully formed, her ovaries are holding about 7million eggs, and her vaginal canal is starting to develop. (I'm skipping the "boy" information.) Luckily for your baby, she still has plenty of room in your womb, which means there's plenty of space for twisting, turning, kicking, punching, and even an occasional somersault. If you haven't felt these acrobatics yet, you almost certainly will in the coming weeks.