24 weeks

How your baby's growing: Your baby's growing steadily, gaining about a quarter of a pound since last week, when she was just over a pound. Since she's over a foot long, that makes a pretty lean figure, but her body is filling out proportionally and she'll soon put on more baby fat. Your baby's skin is thin, translucent, and wrinkled, her brain is growing rapidly, and her taste buds are developing. Her lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" and cells that produce surfactant, a substance that helps the air sacs inflate easily.

23 weeks

How your baby's growing: Your baby is more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound. His skin is red and wrinkled. Blood vessels in his lungs are developing to prepare him for breathing. He can swallow, but he normally won't pass his first stool (called meconium) until after birth. Loud noises heard often in utero — such as your dog barking or the roar of a vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze your baby when he hears them outside the womb.

22 weeks

How your baby's growing: Your baby now looks like a miniature newborn, checking in at 10.9 inches and almost 1 pound. Her skin will continue to appear wrinkled until she gains enough weight to fill it out, and the fine hair (lanugo) that covers her head and body is now visible. Her lips are becoming more distinct, and the first signs of teeth are appearing as buds beneath her gum line. Her eyes are developed, though the iris (the colored part of the eye) still lacks pigment. Eyelids and eyebrows are in place, and her pancreas, essential for hormone production, is developing steadily.


This little girl is a wiggle worm! I can feel her doing acrobatic moves at all hours. I can just now feel her from the outside...it's such a cool feeling(but not so cool at 3am when I'm trying to sleep)! A good friend of mine from Rainbow gave me a bunch of handed down baby stuff last weekend which will all be a huge help. My sister in law Angela bought her her first couple outfits and they are adorable. My mom bought her an outfit as well that matches an oufit that my neice Addison has so pictures together are already being planned, and my friend Kelli went a little crazy the other day and bought her a BUNCH of clothes...she is going to be one well dressed baby!!

My mom is getting married this weekend so preparations are in full swing, lots to do today. I'm very much looking forward to seeing all of our friends and family. I was a little nervous about the dress I'm wearing...I wore it in a friends wedding a few years ago, then decided to wear it for my brothers wedding. I had lost weight so my step-mom took it in for me. When my mom said she wanted us to wear black I thought, Perfect! I can wear the same dress! Well, I tried it on last week and it's too big!! I thought for sure it wouldn't fit. But it will work with some creative pinning!!

For those of you who are coming to the wedding I will see you there! I hope everyone is well!

21 weeks

Your baby now weighs about 12 ounces, and you may soon feel like she's practicing martial arts as her initial fluttering movements turn into full-fledged kicks and nudges. You may also discover a pattern to her activity as you get to know her better. Some babies are restless in the evening, for example, just as you're trying to fall asleep. Others get busy during the day. See what your baby looks like now and find out how to cope with skin problems, what to do about varicose veins, and more at BabyCenter.com.

20 weeks

How your baby's growing: Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. She's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom, and about 10 inches from head to heel. (For the first 20 weeks, we use measurements taken from the top of the baby's head to her bottom — known as the "crown to rump" measurement. After that, we use measurements from head to toe. This is because a baby's legs are curled up against her torso during the first half of pregnancy and are very hard to measure.)A greasy white substance called vernix caseosa coats her entire body to protect her skin during its long submersion in amniotic fluid. (This slick coating also eases the journey down the birth canal.)Your baby is swallowing more, which is good practice for her digestive system. She's also producing meconium, a black, sticky substance that's the result of cell loss, digestive secretion, and swallowed amniotic fluid. This meconium will accumulate in her bowels, and you'll see it in her first messy diaper (although a few babies pass it in utero or during delivery).