18 weeks!!!!!!!!!!

Wow are we really here? 18 weeks is nearly 1/2 way done. Buffy, Bill, and Baby are still in Jamaica. I hope they had a great trip.

It seems like this pregnancy is flying by. Maybe because we are due soon after the holidays or maybe because I am not actually carrying the baby, but whatever the reason, it's so fast.

Here is week 18:

Your baby is now the size of a bell pepper! She is 5 1/2 inches long and weighs almost 7 ounces now!

If you are having a boy, his genitals are now noticeable, if he isn’t curled up and hiding them during the ultrasound! If you are having a girl, her uterus is fully formed and in place, along with her fallopian tubes.

Your baby’s skeleton, which up until this point has been made up of flexible cartilage, is now hardening into bone and myelin (a protective covering around her nerves) has begun to form. Myelin plays an important role in the communication between neurons and it will continue to develop through her first year of life.

At 18 weeks your baby’s skin is still thin and transparent, so to help protect her, something called the vernix caseosa develops. This is a greasy, cheese-like substance that not only insulates her developing epidermis and dermis from the amniotic fluid; it also makes her nice and slippery for an easier delivery!

Exciting news this week is our Big ultrasound is on thursday!!!!!!! I can't wait. Only 3 days!