Monday, September 3, 2007

Week 18: What's happening this week

Head to bottom, our baby is approximately 5 1/2 inches long (about the length of a large sweet potato), and weighs almost 7 ounces. Little Mc's busy flexing its arms and legs — movements that I'll likely start noticing more and more. Myelin (a protective covering) is beginning to form around the nerves, a process that will continue for a year after birth. If we're having a girl, her uterus and fallopian tubes are formed and in place. If our baby is a boy , his genitals are noticeable, though he may hide them from us during an ultrasound .

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