23 Weeks!

I updated 22 weeks a little late so not a whole lot new for 23 weeks!  Feeling really good still.  Next week I travel for work, I hope the flight and all the walking/standing works out ok.  I'm sure my 24 weeks update will consist mostly of how the trip went and if I won my million dollars or not :)

23 week update - Large Mango!
Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With her sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance. And now that she's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound (about as much as a large mango), you may be able to see her squirm underneath your clothes. Blood vessels in her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as your dog barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze her when she hears them outside the womb.

22 Weeks!

Well another week has come and gone already.  Time seems to be moving a bit more quickly now even though I'm still only on monthly appointments.  I think it will really start chugging along once the Holidays come around and I start my bi-weekly check ups.  Then busy season at work will start and before you know it..bam the berniers will have a baby!  Still seems kinda out of this world that I have a baby in my belly and that I will have a living breathing child in just a few short months!  I took a picture right around 22 weeks below, definitely rocking a baby bump now.  Had to go out and buy some "dress" clothes for a preggo belly this past weekend as I'm going to Vegas for work in November.

...i really need to start putting on some makeup or something, ha this photo is horrible!!

22 week update - Papaya!
At 11 inches (the length of a spaghetti squash) and almost 1 pound, your baby is starting to look like a miniature newborn. His lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and he's even developing tiny tooth buds beneath his gums. His eyes have formed, but his irises (the colored part of the eye) still lack pigment. If you could see inside your womb, you'd be able to spot the fine hair (lanugo) that covers his body and the deep wrinkles on his skin, which he'll sport until he adds a padding of fat to fill them in. Inside his belly, his pancreas — essential for the production of some important hormones — is developing steadily.

21 Weeks!

I had my anatomy scan this past wednesday and surprise, its a GIRL!!!  We are both very excited for whats to come and I cannot wait to purchase super cute little baby girl clothes :)  I had the same ultrasound tech that I had at my 14 week NT scan and once again I received absolute crap for pictures which really bums me out because I think that this was my last ultrasound!  I got one good profile shot and the only other decent one is of the babies foot.

Baby girl wasn't being very cooperative at first but once I was finally able to empty my bladder the ultrasound tech was able to get most of her measurments.  She is weighing in at 13 oz, no clue on length...did I mention I hate this certain ultrasound tech? :)  Dr said everything looks good as far as the baby goes.  She is a little concerned about some cysts that are on my ovaries (largest one is 5cm) that haven't gone down/away since becoming pregnant.  Because they aren't causing me any pain and aren't really a threat to the babe we are just going to wait until my 6 week post partum appt where I'll get another ultrasound to check on them and discuss our options for removing them at that time.

21 week update - Carrot!
Your baby now weighs about three-quarters of a pound and is approximately 10 1/2 inches long — the length of a carrot. You may soon feel like she's practicing martial arts as her initial fluttering movements turn into full-fledged kicks and nudges. You may also discover a pattern to her activity as you get to know her better. In other developments, your baby's eyebrows and lids are present now, and if you're having a girl, her vagina has begun to form as well.

Halfway there! 20 Weeks!

Well I've officially hit the halfway point of 20 weeks.  It seems weird to be this pregnant and for it to feel so far away yet to when I'll actually have a baby!  I'm almost getting a little nervous...like when was the last time I honestly changed a diaper...8th grade??? and when has Brett last changed a diaper, if ever?!  Its going to be so weird, yet so so exciting to have a little one around I just can't imagine all of the changes!  5 more days till we find out if its a he or a she, god please make the time go quicker!  Oh and I took a picture last week at just over 19 weeks... here it is for the world!

20 week update - Banana! (because saying a cantaloupe is in my stomach is waaaay to big :))
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).