20 Weeks-halfway there!!

Week 19 was not kind to me as I am officially into maternity pants. Ben gently reminded me that I have done this before so he was not sure why I was so surprised to be in maternity clothes. 

I cannot believe we are halfway through this pregnancy! I guess one good thing about moving and settling into a new place is that it makes the pregnancy go much faster!

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 — about the size 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).