4 weeks vs 20 weeks

Baby Cara is definitely getting bigger.  Here is a comparison of 4 weeks (right when we found out) to now at 20 weeks.  I can't wait to see what I look like towards the end and then of course once Cara joins us!!

20 weeks. . . Half way there!!

1. How far along?: 20 weeks.
2. How big is baby?: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. (For the first 20 weeks, when a baby's legs are curled up against his torso and hard to measure, measurements are taken from the top of his head to his bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, he's measured from head to toe.)
   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 (some babies pass meconium in the womb or during delivery).  Cara was 9ozs. at our ultrasound last week!
3. Weight gain?: -8 lbs.
4. Stretch marks?: None yet. 
5. Maternity clothes?: I'm wearing my maternity pants, although they are too big (pre-pregnancy jeans aren't working anymore) and maternity shirts. My belly is getting bigger! :)
   
6. Best moment last week?: Finding out we are having a healthy baby girl!
7. Food cravings?: Nothing this week. 
8. Symptoms?:  I am feeling pretty good, other then some back pain and constantly hungry.
9. Exercise?: Not really exercise but stretches for my tailbone/sciatic pain.
10. Gender?: Baby Girl!! Cara Joyce
11. Movement?:  She has been moving all around.  I don't feel her consistently yet but hopefully soon.
12. Belly button?: Still in.
13. What I miss?: Nothing this week.
14. Labor signs?: Better not have these yet.
15. What I'm looking forward to?: Nice weather this weekend!  Hopefully we can get some garden stuff done.