Great Landings

Hello! Hello! Hello! Welcome back to Baby Watch for week #19, and what a week it has been! First and foremost Erin and baby are doing great! Just about everyday now Erin says she can feel it moving around more and more. She is still playing it music just about every night, and I am starting to think this baby stuff is the real deal!

The best news for the week is that we got to have another ultrasound on Tuesday. We told the lady right away that we didn’t want to know the sex and she made sure we didn’t see anything we shouldn’t. Although to be honest outside of the major parts, there was no way I was going to see anything that would have given it away to me. Anyway, they showed us all sorts of cool stuff like legs, arms, head, body, spine, and ears. We also got to listen to the heartbeat again, 138 beats per minute. All and all the lady said everything was looking perfect, wonderful, and right where it needed to be. So needless to say Erin and I are both super happy about that. When it was all over we asked if she could tell what the sex was and she responded that after 31 years on the job she could see right away what it was. Funny to think we were just a couple words away from knowing if it was a boy or a girl. But we stuck to the plan and didn’t find out. There are no sealed envelopes or crazy stuff like that around. We just simply have to wait till on or about May 10th, 2010! But if you want to take a guess there is a new poll on the left side of the site where you can vote. There are also total of 10 new pictures for everyone to see. This one here is my favorite. But be sure to check out the rest on the photo site.

This is what the baby site has to say for week #19 ~

Baby’s Growth and Development at 19 Weeks Pregnant

During the weeks before, during, and after your 19th week of pregnancy, your baby’s brain develops at a phenomenal rate. Other systems continue to grow.

• Your baby now measures about 6 inches, or the length of a summer squash.
• When you’re 19 weeks pregnant, your baby’s brain develops millions of motor neurons. Neurons are nerves that help muscles in the brain communicate. This new and ongoing development means your baby can make purposeful and involuntary movements. She can suck her thumb, move her head, or make other moves that you might start to feel.
• Your baby’s hearing is even more developed when you’re 19 weeks pregnant. She probably can hear external sounds and conversation by this time, or will very soon. Your voice is the most pronounced. She can hear you talk, hum, and sing!
• Your baby’s skin is covered in a white, waxy, protective coating called vernix.
• Under the vernix, the fine hair called lanugo continues to cover her skin.
• By your 19th week of pregnancy, your baby’s kidneys function. Her urine is excreted into your amniotic sac, the bag of fluid in your uterus that contains your baby and amniotic fluid. Your placenta then removes the waste.

I love it that we are now up to the size of a Summer Squash, even though I have no idea what a summer squash is. As for that other stuff on the list I can confirm that the baby was making all sorts of movements, during the ultrasound we seen it wave and wiggle all over the place. I can also tell you that the kidneys are in fact functioning because the lady pointed out the bladder out to us! What an amazing week! Bring on week #20!!




PS – We were not the only ones who had an eventful baby week this week. If anyone has not spoke with Steph or Andy in the last few days it might be a good time to check in as well as have a good thought for them. I think they could use some love and support right now.

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