Baby's Development: The baby measures about 7 1/4 inches and weighs about 10 1/2 oz. The baby has reached its half way point! The baby can now hear and recognize my voice. The complex connections required for the development of memory and thinking are already being formed. Taste buds have developed and the development of the brain and nerve endings are advanced enough to let the baby sense touch.
The baby has been really active in the past week. I went from constantly "trying" to feel the baby move, to now expecting the baby to move. Ryan and I can even feel the baby moving by touching my stomach. This is usually in the evening, after I've eaten dinner and sit down to rest. After about 10 minutes of sitting still, I feel a serious of jabs and kicks. It's pretty cool!
Our trip to Costa Rica was pretty awesome. The best part was being to lounge around in loose clothing. No Bella Band or tight wasted sweats. I took some bikini belly shots for these two weeks. I was at first apprehensive about being in a bikini since I think I don't look that pregnant yet, and my pooch could have just been mistaken as a beer belly. But then I realized that it didn't matter because at least I knew that I was pregnant. Plus, the baby can now sense light and basking in the sun was probably good for the baby.
Ryan and I have the 20 week ultrasound on Thursday and we get to find out the sex of the baby. I'm very excited. We both think it's a boy, but really have no good reason to believe that.
This pregnancy is starting to very real now. In about 4.5 months, we are going to be parents! For the first part of the pregnancy I felt like I was constantly worrying about being pregnant and hoping that the baby was OK. Now it's really hit me that once we have the baby, it's when the worrying really begins. We are going to be in charge of another human being!
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