22 Weeks

Hello Outtie! I've never seen you before! Nice to meet you; just promise to go back to the way you used to be after Miss Newton has arrived. Deal? What a new way to start week 22. The second trimester has been nothing but growth! Makes me happy! I feel the baby moving and squirming more and more. She really likes to dance at night when I lay down for bed. It's soothing and I just lay and rub her....

She continues to grow so I continue to eat. This past week we got to spend a long weekend at the beach and I got my fill of Tortuga's Lie Nachos and Plaza Azteca's enchiladas. One day I had a chocolate milkshake and a glazed donut only hours apart....

Papaya: During month 5, the average fetus measures almost 12 inches and weighs anywhere from 13 to 20 ounces. During my sonogram a few weeks ago, the doctor said that Baby Newton weighed around 10 ounces, so I'm assuming that since a couple weeks have passed, she's at least 15 ounces now! Her eyes and lips are more developed and she's looking even more like a newborn. Baby is sleeping in cycles - about 12-14 hours per day! What a lucky, lazy lady! Tiny tooth buds are developing beneath her gums too.