Half Way There

I can't believe it. There are only 20 weeks left until Baby Bailey is born! The nursery is a mess. Most of the girls toys are still in there so of course they have been playing in there making a huge mess. I have been really really exhausted lately and feeling very heavy and weighed down. Some days I don't think I'm going to make it to the end.

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).