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).
WOW! 20 weeks. When I first found out I was pregnant I never thought the halfway mark would come so fast! I have really enjoyed getting to see how Nugget is growing when I get these updates each week from Babycenter.com and it's just amazing to me how fast it's moving.
We go this Friday at 1 to get our 20 week ultrasound and they should more than likely be able to determine the gender for certain at this visit. I've had a number of people tell me that you should drink some caffeine before you go in because it makes the baby a bit more hyper and so the baby ends up moving around a lot more when you have the ultrasound done, so I'm going to try that and hopefully Nugget will cooperate this time and show us for certain! :) I can NOT wait to find out for sure so that we can focus on names and finally get started on the nursery. I'm itching to get in there and get decorating!!!
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