19 Weeks!!!!

Week 19: Mango
Average size: 6.0 in, 8.5 oz
Here is what the 2 little beans are up to this week! Their sensory development is exploding! The brain is designating specialized areas for smell, taste, hearing, vision, and touch. Some research suggests that they may be able to hear our voice now.Their arms and legs are in the right proportions to each other and the rest of their body now. The kidneys continue to make urine and the hair on the scalp is sprouting. A waxy protective coating called the vernix caseosa is forming on their skin to prevent it from pickling in the amniotic fluid. (Picture yourself after a nine-month bath, and the need for protection - makes sense.)

So this marks the half-way mark for me (will not likely go past 38 weeks)!!!! I am so excited and it feels like such an accomplishment!!!! Keep growing babies..we love you!!!