17 Weeks......

The baby's weight has doubled in two weeks and now weighs about 3.5 ounces! The crown-to-rump length of the growing baby is 4.4 to 4.8 inches.
The uterus is moving up and is now approximately 1.5 to 2 inches below the navel.

Huge changes continue to take place within the developing baby. This week fat begins to form and will continue to do so until he is born. Fat is important to the body's heat production and metabolism. Right now, at 17 weeks, water makes up about 3 ounces and fat 0.018 ounces of the baby's body. In a baby at term, fat makes up about 5.25 pounds of the total average weight of 7.7 pounds. The placenta is continuing to grow at an amazing rate. The placenta will continue to develop in tandem with the fetus and it will weigh more than a pound at birth! By this week, the placenta is large and well established with a network of blood vessels that exchange nutrients and waste.

The eyes are facing more forward. The ears are now close to their final position.

The baby is more flexible with ability to move head, mouth, lips, arms, wrists, hands, legs, feet, and toes.

Fingerprints are forming now.

16 weeks 2 days

Yay today a electrician came to fix the oven. It stopped while I was cooking a roast Sun night and its fixed now. I hadn't realized how much I used it until I couldn't.

I got Talia to take a photo of me this morning before time got away again and the pregnancy was over and no pregnancy shots. So here I am 16 weeks and 2 days.

I have felt the baby move for about a week now and cant wait till its strong enough for Darian and the kids to feel it. We went and bought a change table on sat and I managed to pick up a bassinet on eBay. I like to get things early as I know when you get big and heavy the last thing you feel like doing is shopping....
So we are basically ready for the baby, just a few things like a rocker and clothes...they can wait...May baby....warm going into cold....tough one. I will have to get a bit of everything.

All the girls are so excited, every day Eloise asks if the baby has grown and she has even started to talk to my tummy.

week 16.....

At this point of the pregnancy, the baby is approximately 17cm long and weighs 200grams. Not only is the baby growing, the uterus and placenta continue to grow to accommodate the growing baby! The amniotic fluid that surrounds the baby is increasing and there is about 7.5 ounces of fluid.

The child can grasp with his hands, kick, or even somersault.

At this time, the baby is holding her head erect. Because her muscles are developing, she can make some faces now. The baby is able to squint, frown and open its mouth. There is enough calcium in the bones that they will show up on an x-ray. The baby's fingernails are well formed now and the legs are longer than the arms.

Week 15......

The baby's crown-to-rump length is approximately 4 inches and it now weighs approximately 1.75 ounces. The baby is close to the size of a softball

The baby is growing at an amazing rate and looking more like a human every day. Because the baby's skin is so thin, you are able to see blood vessels through the skin. Lanugo hair covers the baby's body, but it will be gone when baby is born.

The hair on the eyebrows and head continues to grow. Some babies are born with little or no hair and others have a head full of hair! If I were have an ultrasound at this point, I might be able to see the baby sucking its thumb. Even though the eyes continue to move to the front of the face, they are still widely separated. The baby's ears look like normal ears and continue to develop externally.
The bones that have already formed continue to get harder and retain calcium. The baby is very mobile and flexible at this point. It can bend her arms at the elbows and wrists and she can also make a fist with her hands.

lazy day sunday

Yesterday was going to be warm so we decided to fill up the small pool for the kids to swim and play around in. The kids had a great time and I managed to get some photos I have been a bit slack of late.

14 weeks pregnant....

The baby's crown to rump length is 12 cm (3.2 to 4.5 inches) long and he weighs approximately 1 ounce now. The baby is about the size of the average fist.
At this time, the baby's face is becoming more developed. The cheeks and bridge of his nose appear and the ears move from the sides of his neck to much higher on his head. The eyes continue to come closer together.
A big development from this week onward is the development of lanugo. Lanugo are the fine hairs that grow over almost all of your baby. The hairs grow in whirled patterns that follow the grain of his skin. These patterns later give way to the baby's fingerprints. The lanugo will be shed before birth and replaced by thicker, coarser hairs.
The baby's thyroid gland has matured and starts to produce hormones.The embryo`s soft cartilage is now being replaced with ` real` chalk bones.
The baby has eyebrows, but no eyelashes. Fine, light hair also begins to grow.

A slow week.

Well it hasn't exactly been slow as lots always happens when you have kids. I was suffering from a head cold for a few days and because I couldn't take anything I felt like I was dying. Because of this Matthew missed out on Play group and gymbaroo this last week. He also had his physio review, she had received the report back from the pead and checked him over. He is still not running or jumping (he does a cross between a fast walk and trot)
He is still walking by rolling his hips, which turn his knees in and thus causing the over balancing and pigeon toes. She thinks its from all the "W" sitting (not that he does that much anymore) so we are to get him to sit crossed legged to stretch the opposite tendon. Hope fully this will loosen and he will walk better. He is to see her in a month and if she doesn't see an improvement she wants him to see a orthopedic surgeon . Have no idea what they would do...I guess its a wait and see thing.

The girls are good, they spent the weekend with their dad. Eloise is very excited about the baby asking every day if the baby has grown and how big is it now. She was too young to remember Matthews pregnancy so this one is really real to her. I cant wait for the baby to start kicking so she can feel it.

Other than that nothing much is happening. I have applied to a near by school to see if I cant get the girls in there next year but because they are out of area we have to wait until final figures for next year are know and then we are considered. So we wont know until the end of the school year if the girls are going to a closer school.