Friday, June 05, 2009

20 Weeks

Halfway there!! Well, a little bit more if he's late like Natalie - or maybe sooner since he is already measuring ahead of schedule by 5 days.

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).



4 comments:

Jennings Family said...

You look so cute! Hopefully u guys wil be on vaca with us! That's till the plan isn't it?

Jen said...

I can tell already Jacob is going to be such a cutie! We can't wait to see you guys!

Anonymous said...

You are officially over the "hump"!

Lynn and Mike said...

Yea! Halfway there! And you look wonderful!!!