This week has been REALLY stressful at work. There have been some really dramatic changes and tempers have been short, but at least I've had my little one kicking away to remind me what life is really about.
I had a little bit of bleeding again at the beginning of the week, which really freaked me and hubby out, but it didn't last long, so I didn't speak to anyone about it.
The Girl / Boy issue is still on my mind, but I think I am coming to terms with the prospect of a boy now. Strangely enough, it's in conjunction with a conversation I had with a girl friend of mine last Friday. She was desperate for a boy and did find out at the 20 week scan, although she didn't tell anyone. She said she just needed to know herself so that she could come to terms with it and not go through any negative emotions after the birth. So basically exactly how I'm feeling. On Tuesday she had her boy. Although this probably makes me sound even more mental, I've also realised that I was worried she would have had "my" girl. We have made our decision though; we will find out what we're having, we just don't know whether we will tell people or not.
Apart from that, all appears to be well and I'm very excited about my scan next Friday.
So, this is me, 20 weeks pregnant:
According to BabyCentre, my baby measures about 16.5cm from crown to rump and is steadily gaining weight. A whitish coat of a slick, fatty substance called vernix caseosa begins to cover my baby, protecting her skin during its long immersion in amniotic fluid. It also eases birth. My baby's swallowing more this week, good practice for her digestive system. After my baby takes in amniotic fluid, her body absorbs the water in the liquid and moves the rest into her large bowel. In her bowel, a sticky by-product of her digestive system, called meconium, accumulates. It'll appear in her first nappy after she's born.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment