Week 23

If I were to turn on the radio and sway to the music, her sense of movement well developed by now, Elouise can feel me dance. And now that she's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound (about as much as a large mango),I can see her squirm underneath my clothes. Blood vessels in her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that her increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as a dog barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze her when she hears them outside the womb.

22 week belly

Week 22

At 11 inches (the length of a spaghetti squash) and almost 1 pound, she is starting to look like a miniature newborn. Her lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and she's even developing tiny tooth buds beneath her gums. Her eyes have formed, but her irises (the colored part of the eye) still lack pigment. If you could see inside the womb, you'd be able to spot the fine hair (lanugo) that covers her body and the deep wrinkles on her skin, which she'll sport until she adds a padding of fat to fill them in. Inside her belly, her pancreas — essential for the production of some important hormones — is developing steadily.Is that not so awesome!?!?!

We have a name!!!

Baby X will now be known as Elouise! Her full name will be Elouise Paton Hays. Elouise because Adams grandmothers name was Mary Louise and we wanted the baby to have a part of her name and Paton because that is my mom and Dave's last name. We decided on Hays because, well that was the easiest! Hope you love the name as much as we do! If you don't..... DONT TELL US!!! - we LOVE it!Have a great week!

Week 20

The baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now (according to the average,not sure exactly how much she weighs).She'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.)She's swallowing more these days, which is good practice for her digestive system.