Tuesday, May 20, 2008

At 16 weeks

I'm into the 16th week of my pregnancy.

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My umbilical cord is attached to the lower part of baby's body.


Fetal development in pregnancy week 16:fetus in fourth month Over the past three weeks our astounding growing baby has managed to stretch yet another 2 full inches (totaling about 4.5 inches) and weighs around 3.5 ounces. Yessireee, that’s some pretty serious growth... and with it comes several physical developments! For starters, their head to body ratio is finally starting to even out a bit as the rest of the body is actually growing faster than the head at this point. Yes, our little light bulb is not so top-heavy. His/Her adorable little limbs have lengthened, almost reaching their normal proportions which they will have at birth. His/Her eyes are still closed but moving
We'll be having another our 2nd Ultrasound soon...many doctors recommend mum to be's to have one at about this time, we may even see our little one sucking on a thumb, not to mention the necessary signifiers to let us know whether we’ve got a wee lad or lassie... That for us is not of much importance :) what is important is that we have a beautiful and healthy child!


Although the Pregnancy Bible and many sites state that first time mum's might not feel their baby move at this point of pregnancy,
I do! I feel my baby move every now and then :) its pretty distinguishable but of course for DH to feel it, its gonna take a couple of weeks, he will be able to feel it once baby's bones are harder