Your pregnancy: 18 weeks

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How your baby's growing:

Head to rump, your baby is about 5 1/2 inches long (about the length of a bell pepper) and he weighs almost 7 ounces. He's busy flexing his arms and legs — movements that you'll start noticing more and more in the weeks ahead. His blood vessels are visible through his thin skin, and his ears are now in their final position, although they're still standing out from his head a bit. A protective covering of myelin is beginning to form around his nerves, a process that will continue for a year after he's born. If you're having a girl, her uterus and fallopian tubes are formed and in place. If you're having a boy, his genitals are noticeable now, but he may hide them from you during an ultrasound.

See what your baby looks like this week.

Was that the baby moving?

I wanted to write this down somewhere but I'm no good at keeping journals and a scrap of paper would get lost. Just in case this really was the first time I felt the baby move I wanted to document it somewhere.

So now that I am looking pregnant and wearing crazy jeans that come up to my shoulders so that I don't have to wear stretch pants everywhere I go. I am starting to wonder when I will feel the baby move. I keep asking people with kids what it felt like the first time their babies moved.

Everyone has told me what the books have told me. It feels like indigestion, popcorn popping, a fish swimming, blowing bubbles underwater etc etc.

So last night after dinner a movie and dessert Shaun and I were diving home down 95 and he had the radio up pretty loud, rocking out to some song with alot of bass. I felt something "gurgle" or "bubble" on my right side, then above my belly button, then on my left side. It wasn't in time with the beat of the music but almost in reaction to it. It didn't last very long, but it was three distinct times and it felt the same all three times, almost in a line across my belly.

I really think it was the baby moving and that is cool. Now hopefully it will happen more often and I can confirm that is actually what happened and I can go from just feeling big and wondering why no clothes fit to really knowing there is a little person in there!

Nursery and such

So with the addition of new windows, I get to postpone painting! Gives me more time to think about what I want to do...uhh I mean we want to do :-) Oh and for you nosey people we do intend on finding out the sex, and we will be sure to let you know as soon as we know! So we registered for Winnie the Pooh stuff, but I am still not sure which way to go for the room? Wainscotting(how do you spell that?) is a thought? Who knows only time will tell! It is going to be here before we know it!!

Your pregnancy: 17 weeks

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How your baby's growing:

Your baby's skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone, and the umbilical cord — her lifeline to the placenta — is growing stronger and thicker. Your baby weighs 5 ounces now (about as much as a turnip), and she's around 5 inches long from head to bottom. She can move her joints, and her sweat glands are starting to develop.

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Your pregnancy: 16 weeks

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How your baby's growing:

Get ready for a growth spurt. In the next few weeks, your baby will double his weight and add inches to his length. Right now, he's about the size of an avocado: 4 1/2 inches long (head to rump) and 3 1/2 ounces. His legs are much more developed, hishead is more erect than it has been, and his eyes have moved closer to the front of his head. His ears are close to their final position, too. The patterning of his scalp has begun, though his locks aren't recognizable yet. He's even started growing toenails. And there's a lot happening inside as well. For example, his heart is now pumping about 25 quarts of blood each day, and this amount will continue to increase as your baby continues to develop.

See what your baby looks like this week. (Or see what fraternal twins look like in the womb this week.)