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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

We're on the downhill side...barely!

We're half way done! This is my update from baby center for this week.
You're at the halfway mark — congratulations! Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel — the length of a banana. (The way your baby is measured changes now.) He's swallowing more these days, which is good practice for his digestive system. He's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in his bowels, and you'll see it in his first soiled diaper (although some babies pass meconium in the womb or during delivery).

If I could compare my baby to the size of a banana, then why do I already look like I have a watermelon under my shirt?!

2 Comments:

Blogger Cindi said...

I hear ya- why is it that the baby is so little yet your body puffs up like a watermelon! Oh well it will all be worth it when your baby and my baby get here! :)

August 19, 2009 at 5:25 PM  
Blogger CORMELS said...

No kidding. I am feeling your pain!

August 25, 2009 at 9:09 PM  

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