I'm feeling:
PREGNANT!!! The tummy is no longer looking suspicious. It's apparent that there's someone growing in there! I can feel him/her move more frequently, but still only a few times a day. The real movements started during the ultrasound last week when the tech was mashing all over my uterus to try and force baby to move around so we could see the goods. No such luck! Baby was scrunched up from the waist down!
Baby Center says:
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).
A bonus for the adults in the room:
Ok, I'm not so excited about the exposed breasts or the private area, but I did find it interesting to note how much space baby takes up in the abdomen as he/she grows. I'm a little over 1/3 of the way full. That explains why I actually feel pregnant now!
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