18 WEEKS PREGNANT

by Ella

My OB/GYN says that at 18 weeks pregnant that the baby weighs about 7 ounces. From the looks of my pregnant belly I was shocked that fetal development was not much further along! My expanding waist is the topic of conversation at every Sunday dinner with the family. And even though I take a lot of teasing about my belly getting bigger and bigger each week, I confess that I am loving every minute of it.

It seems that it took a long time but once I started getting a belly there’s no stopping it! I was wondering what does the fetus look like at 18 weeks pregnant and when I looked it up; one resource said that my baby girl is the size of sweet potato. I have trouble comparing the sweet infant I’m carrying to something on the dinner menu, but I get it.

And looking at my 18 weeks pregnancy pictures is not the only fun I’m having, feeling the baby move is one of the all time thrills of my life. The first time I felt the baby move was such an incredible feeling and a physical reminder of the miracle that is my world at the moment.

From the information I’m reading they usually schedule ultrasounds from 18 weeks to 22 weeks, so maybe that will happen at my appointment this week. They say that at this stage, if we are lucky that we might get to see her sucking her thumb. I hope that her daddy can manage to take off work to be there for the ultrasound but if he can’t you can bet that I’m going to get plenty of printouts to show him and then I’m going to frame them for the family to enjoy.

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