Week 18!

Week 18... My goodness. In two weeks I'll already be halfway through my pregnancy! Craziness I tell you. I am really quite enjoying my pregnancy, and am getting more and more excited as my belly grows. AND, I have begun to feel very light fish like movements which is so exciting. I don't feel them often just when I'm very still and quiet.

From head to little bum Bean measures about 6 inches and weighs about 7 ounces. Bean is busy flexing their little muscles, and stretching it's arms and legs which will get stronger and stronger as the days go by. Movements that I will feel more and more.
Bean's blood vessels are still visible through it's skin and their ears are in their final position but stick out a bit from it's little head.

A protective covering called myelin is beginning to form around the baby's nerves, a process that will continue for at least a year after the baby is born. If my baby is a girl then her fallopian tubes are formed and in place. If my baby is a boy his little bits are very noticeable now, his testicles are still up inside his body and wont descend until shortly before or shortly after birth.  Some baby boys need medical help to lower them.

But I will find out if my baby is a boy or a girl next Saturday the 6th of July and I am ecstatic! Once I know what my baby is I don't really mind waiting anymore lol.

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend, and if you are Canadian, HAPPY CANADA DAY!

      

 

Team PINK or Team BLUE? 

What do you think?