It's a BOY! (weeks 20 & 21)

OVER THE HILL (as far as pregnancy goes), but not the BUMP. The Bump is still to come...

My corny-made-up line. Thank you.

Week 20 Photos:

Last week (Friday) we got to meet our sweet little boy via Ultrasound. What a sweet experience that was. He definitely already has a very distinct personality. As the nurse was trying to see the blood flow in his legs, he did not cease to kick his legs in and out (like a little frog) so the nurse could not see anything. He also burrowed his head right down at the bottom of mommy's uterus, and his face right toward her spine so we couldn't see him at all. The nurse pushed and pushed at his head to get him to move... Nothing... What a little stinker. He finally flipped over for a good minute for us to get a picture, then RIGHT back to his comfortable position, hiding his face. Here are some of the photos from the ultrasound:

This is his cute head from the side. Look at his healthy spine, cute nose and ribs. He's got a great-shaped head, although I don't think it'll be so nice and round when he comes out...

This is a harder one to make out, this is his face. He has turned his head toward the camera--it looks like a little skull... the right eye is harder to see because it's blocked by some fluid, but you can see the darkness at the top of his head, where his brain is, and his left eye is a perfect circle. you can see most of his nose hole (again, imagine a little skull). his head is a little tilted if you can see.

This shot is taken from below. It is a cross-cut of his torso. the big black hole on the right could be his bladder? possibly. the right round shape with the black circle inside is his torso. There are two things coming off of that to the left which are his upper legs, and that little thing in between them--that's right. That's how we knew he was a boy. Definitely wasn't hiding those!

There's his cute foot. Clear as day. He liked to use it to kick mom where it hurts...especially the bladder. He better play sports of some sort with those legs.

There he is! What a sweety. we love him already, and can't wait for him to come to us in another 19 weeks (or less... or more... we'll see).

He REALLY kicks non-stop, that I begin to question when he sleeps. Not an hour goes by without feeling him at least once... usually more. Some of the kicks are getting much harder, to the point that I end up letting out a good, "UH!"

The biggest changes for mom this week is a noticed difference in where the kicks are occuring. they are as high as the top of my stomach at this point. This means baby has taken over most of my stomach area. It's getting harder to breathe--lungs are running out of room. My stomach has as well -- I get feeling full VERY quickly, and yet still feel hunger pains. I guess that's what happens when my organs get pushed aside. I need to be better about eating small meals frequently, I'm sure that would help alleviate the simultaneous hunger/fullness feeling.

Baby weighed 11 ounces on last Friday, wow, at least another 6-7 pounds to go!

I've gained about 10-12 pounds at this point. Right on track!

Here is some info on the baby's development: (the pictures don't really match the websites' info, at this point it's probably dependent upon the baby)

The Updates this week : 

WEEK 20: 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

Credit: BabyCenter

WEEK 21: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.

Til next time!
The Brinleys