19 Weeks (and 6 days)!

I really need to get better about being more prompt with these posts!

Here's what's happening with the Little Miss for week 19:
The Little Miss weighs about as much as an heirloom tomato at a whopping 8.5 ounces and is now 6 inches from her head to her bottom. Soon we'll be measuring from her head to her feet!


In other developments this week, the Little Miss' sensory development is exploding! Her brain is designating specialized areas for smell, taste, hearing, vision, and touch. Some research suggests that she may be able to hear my voice now. Her arms and legs are in the right proportions to each other and the rest of her body now. Her kidneys continue to make urine and the hair on her scalp is sprouting. Since we're having a girl, her ovaries now contain approximately 6 million eggs. A waxy protective coating called the vernix caseosa is forming on the Little Miss' skin to prevent it from pickling in the amniotic fluid.

source: BabyCenter