Thursday, July 30, 2009

Week 20 Half Way There

Our baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. The baby is 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, our baby's legs were curled up against its torso and hard to measure, measurements are taken from the top of the baby's head to its bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, the baby is measured from head to toe.) At this point the our baby is swallowing more these days, which is good practice for its digestive system. The baby is also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in its bowels, and we'll see it in the babys first soiled diaper (some babies pass meconium in the womb or during delivery).

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