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For the month of October, I'll be using this gorgeous Halloween theme!

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22 weeks!

This weekend we got the baby's room finished. It's looking really good, even if I do say so myself! We got the winnie the pooh border up, it's beginning to look like "someone's room" rather than the "junk room"!

Still feeling little kicks every now and then! When the baby is feeling co-operative, I can actually *play* with him/her. Wherever I prod on my tummy, baby will give a kick in the same spot in return It's sweet!!

Jellybaby update:

The grow must go on! No wonder you’re getting so big, you’re now housing a wonder-baby who weighs nearly a pound and measures nearly a foot in length. Their perfect little pancreas is now further developed and they’ve also started producing their own hormones! Your baby's future in the circus as a world-famous tight-rope-walker is secure: their inner ear is now developed to the point that they have their own sense of balance. Lucky for your little explorer, balance also promotes physical dexterity, which has them actively feeling out their surroundings where skin, body parts, and the resident umbilical cord are the big sensory experiences. Your foot-long baby, is looking a bit like an oversized raisin right now as more and more wrinkles are showing up each week. Not to worry, all that excessive wrinkling is just their skin’s way of planning ahead for the time when they’ll start piling on that irresistible baby chub.

From now onwards, the baby's "size" pics go a month at a time, how frustrating as I really enjoyed the weekly growth!!

21 weeks!

yup... 21 weeks! Not too much to report this week! I've been up to my parents for a visit this weekend. So we're a little tired from all the driving, but worth it to see the soon-to-be-grandparents! Last night whilst lying down, baby was very busy in my tummy and with each kick I could actually see my tummy being prodded

I managed to "play" with baby for a bit, wherever I prodded my tummy, baby would kick in the same place

So how's little Jellybaby this week?

Your beautiful little miracle-gro baby will be putting on a full ounce and a half this week (and weighing up to 16.5 ounces), but that’s just the beginning! Within the next five weeks, they’ll really be packin’ it on! For now, we’re pleased to report the addition of rapid eye movement (REM) a key component to any healthy baby’s sleep schedule. While in the dermatology department: their thin soft skin is very red, rather translucent, and a bit wrinkled. Not to worry, it’s not a premature aging disease. It's just their clever little body setting them up with extra space that will smooth out once your little one starts packing on the baby-fat. That won’t be for a few more weeks, though. So for the time being, your munchkin is still a little lean mean growing machine! The beginnings of what is commonly called “brown fat” is just starting to fill in to help your baby retain some body heat, which is crucial as they’re not yet capable of regulating their own body temperature.

This week, we have a nana!!

20 weeks! Half way!

We're half way! I can't believe I'm 20 weeks! Scary stuff!! Yesterday/today we painted baby's room. It's been transformed from a sky blue to a luscious lemon. I'm so pleased with it, but OMG so glad it's done.

Here's some before pics:

one ~ two ~ three

and after:

one ~ two ~ And finally with the border held against it

After I'd done the base coat yesterday, I toddled off downstairs to get some lunch and OMG baby was going nuts in there, moving about. And I finally felt what I can only assume was kicks! Good proper proddy type movements rather than those teeny floaty types!! 

And so for Jellybaby's update!

This week you're carrying about 10.5 inches and 10.5 ounces of solid baby-miracle-goodness! Their little delicates bones continue to ossify and toughen while their itsy bitsy finger and toe pads are finishing up. Your little monkey now has teeth buds, although they’re hidden beneath the gum line. And finally! Their limbs have reached their relative proportions—no more alien baby! Their cute pink lips are more defined, and might be helping out in a bit of prenatal thumb-sucking. If you have a little boy, then their tiny testes are descending, though they have not yet passed the abdominal wall. What’s more, eyelashes and eyebrows are also visible. At this point, your little one really looks like a miniature baby—and we do mean miniature as your little swimmer currently weighs a mere eighth of their final birth weight. With half the pregnancy behind you, the most significant gains are yet to come!

Eek!! Baby is the size of a galia melon!!!

New Theme!

I thought it was time we got a more preggy/baby related theme going on since these days my blog is dedicated to my pregnancy! I absolutely adore this theme!!! I hope you guys love it as much!!

20 week scan!!

Baby was very stubborn!! She checked everything, it's all perfect. Baby refused to let her check the base of its spine and its tummy to see where the cord was attached !!

She sent me off to walk to 10 minutes.... came back and scanned again.... same thing!!!

She sent me off to peepee (HALLELUIAH!!!!!! OMG I was soooooooo desperate!!!!), came back and she could just see the bottom area.... just, but then baby decided to cross its leggies so she could see the tummy button haha!! Finally she got it.

DH said to me tonight... when I went to the bathroom, he waited in the u/s room for me to go back for a 3rd try at baby's spine and tummy.... he asked the girl "I know you aren't allowed to tell us, but could you see if it's a boy or girl from the scan?" She said no cos baby was too unco-operative, and had it's logs crossed. Baby wanted us to wait!!

And the all important picture (click on the pic to see bigger!):

19 weeks!

Not too much to report this week other than I've been feeling really good! Still feeling little baby daily, but still only those tiny little fluttery movements. It has been mainly after dinnertime onwards.

We have our 20 week scan tmor morning How exciting we get to see our gorgeous bundle again!! Also a little scary to see that he/she is doing just fine. Hopefully, we'll get a new piccie!!!

And onto Jellybaby!

Your amazing little baby is now around 10 inches in length! If this seems a bit shocking, you’ll be relieved to know they’ve not actually grown over 3 inches, but that their little legs are now straight enough to be measured. This is when doctors begin measuring fetal growth from head to toe, (no longer “crown to rump” or CR). Lanugo (little hairs) covers their whole body now, trapping that charming cheese-like vernix caseosa (see week 18) to the surface to the skin. This week your lil’ fetus will start on an appetizing diet of amniotic fluid which they are now capable of swallowing, digesting, and passing the fluid as far as their tiny “large” intestines. Fortunately for you, this nice little lump of baby-poop won’t be coming out while they’re still in your womb. Some time shortly after they’re born, this fun lump will become the first in a long line of baby poops. (What finally comes out— commonly known as “meconium” to the science world, will be black and sticky, and you’ll be very glad it happens only once!)

10 inches!!!!!!!!!! Wow!!!!!!!!!!

This week, baby is the size of a mango!