Week 19

From Babycenter:

You’re halfway there! The top of your uterus now reaches your belly
button and will grow about a centimetre per week. The fetus measures
around 6.5 inches/ 15 centimetres long from crown to rump and weighs
about 9 ounces/ 255 grams.

She has started to swallow amniotic fluid, and her kidneys continue to make urine. Hair on the scalp is sprouting.

Sensory development reaches its peak this week. The nerve cells serving
each of the senses — taste, smell, hearing, seeing, and touch — are
now developing in their specialised areas of the brain. Nerve cell
production slows down as existing nerve cells grow larger and make more
complex connections. If you’re carrying a baby girl, she already has
roughly six million eggs in her ovaries. By the time she’s born, she’ll
have about one million.

You no doubt feel the kicking and somersaulting of your growing baby.
At times, she may be so mobile that you can’t sleep. The next ten weeks
or so will be your baby’s busiest and most active time, until the womb
gets too crowded.

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Time seems to be moving faster and faster. We’re already halfway there! I’m really looking forward to the next few weeks.

The past week or so has been really emotionally and physically
exhausting. Either it was warfare, which could likely be coz of the
increase in prayer n ministry or it was just the hormones and cold
kicking in. But really thank God for all those who rallied around to
pray and just support. I’m finally feeling a bit better today…

Baby is doing good and we’ve been praying and looking forward to her/him kicking!

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5 Responses to “Week 19”

  1. yanyi Says:
    April 29th, 2006 at 10:48 pm

    hello ailing!
    lotsa rest and water for you (:
    will be praying for you and the baby *grinns
    God bless

  2. Judith The Ignorant Says:
    April 29th, 2006 at 11:36 pm

    one MILLION eggs??Then how many are we supposed to have now??I always thought it would be around 100 eggs…
    Hope you’re feeling better:)

  3. AiLing Says:
    April 29th, 2006 at 11:46 pm

    hey yanyi! :) yep yep! rested for 4 whole days! my goodness… thanks for praying! really appreciate!

    yo judith… I know! Amazing right? We are one in a million chance! wow. You know how special you are!

  4. vicky the great Says:
    May 3rd, 2006 at 5:36 pm

    actually, we’re more than one in a million chance.
    Only one out of 200 million sperms makes it to fertilise the one in a million eggs! no kidding… i teach that in "no apologies".

  5. ai ling Says:
    May 5th, 2006 at 1:24 am

    wah…. vicky the great! you really know your stuff! You go girl! :)

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