Friday, November 19, 2010

20 Weeks

From BabyCenter.com:

Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel — the length of a banana. (For the first 20 weeks, when a baby's legs are curled up against his torso and hard to measure, measurements are taken from the top of his head to his bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, he's measured from head to toe.)

He's swallowing more these days, which is good practice for his digestive system. He's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in his bowels, and you'll see it in his first soiled diaper (some babies pass meconium in the womb or during delivery).

That picture makes total sense. All the kicks I've been feeling have been in the low part of my abdomen, where this handy cartoon illustration shows the baby's feet. Look how serene it is in there. I bet it's thinking, "hehe, enjoy your heartburn, lady!" Little punk.

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