This is the week most women get that ever-important gender-revealing ultrasound. If your baby isn't shy, the genitals can be clearly seen at this point. Will the baby pee standing up or sitting down? Well, that depends on how you potty train—but if you're interested, you could leave the appointment knowing if you're carrying a boy or a girl.
Other highlights this week:
- Your baby has established sleep patterns akin to a newborn now. Many babies even have a favorite sleep position already. Some snooze with their chins resting on their chests, while others nap with their head flung back. Many babies at this age fall into noticeable cycles of sleep and activity, so you may know before she arrives whether you have a night owl or an early bird.
- If your baby is a boy, the testes have begun descending from the pelvis into the scrotum. If it's a girl, her uterus is completely formed and the rest of her "parts" are in development. (Is that TMI?)
- From this point forward, your baby will put most of her energy into gaining weight and, not coincidentally, so will you! Right now your baby weighs approximately 10 1/2 ounces and is about 6 1/2 inches long, about the size of a can of Red Bull (which has way too much caffeine for a pregnant woman to be drinking).
And here is the 20 week belly picture ( + me being stupid ):
We have SO many things to get done before she makes her grand entrance into the world!! The next thing on our list is to PAINT....we've (or should I say "I've"?...wink, wink) been wanting to paint inside the house for a while now, and since we're sort-of on a deadline to get things done, hopefully we can go ahead and knock it out. I'm excited to take before & after pictures because it shows how drastically the room changed....and how much work we put into it! We're looking at nursery bedding & furniture now too....phew, why is furniture sooo expensive?!? Crazy. But we gotta do it....and it will be cute! :) I can't wait!
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