Week 20: Banana baby BOY!

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).

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We're halfway there!!! The best part about being this far along is that I'm starting to feel movement. Our lazy little man is definitely kicking more, finally! At our appointment yesterday, Dr. Grant asked if I was feeling him all the time now. I said no, and she told me not to worry (obviously he was ok, we just saw him on screen a few minutes before) and it should happen any day now, although some babies wait until 22 weeks to really get moving. Last night while laying on the couch, I definitely felt little kicks and it was so cool! This morning around 5am I also felt itty baby kicks, which is also cool, except I was then wide-awake thinking about baby boy names, clothes, nursery items, diaper bags... This won't be the last time the little one wakes me up so I'm getting used to it already :)