Sunday, November 29, 2009
Week 24
I have been busy the last month, visitors, holiday's, work etc. etc. so this blog has been neglected! Below are all the updates Baby Boy Hertel now known as Liam Alexander Hertel has gone through.
Week 20: Liam's digestive system is building up for the real world, he helps it along by swallowing to work his digestive track. We saw this during the ultrasound, he was so active and alert for us.
Week 21: Liam's eyebrows & lids are present.
Week 22: Liam looks like a miniature newborn- all of his facial features are becoming more distinct, he is even developing tooth buds beneath his gum's. His eyes are fully formed but his irises still lack pigment. He has plenty of lanugo hair that covers his body (along with vernix this hair covers the body and protects his skin from the amniotic fluid).
Week 23: Liam's sense of movement is well developed by now. His blood vessels in his lungs are developing to prepare him to breath. He can also pick up noises outside the womb - we talk to him and play him music and Sophie likes to practice her bark around him too.
Week 24: Liam is still lean but soon most of his weight will pack on to fill his wrinkles out. His brain is steadily developing. His lungs are developing branches of the respiratory tree as well as cells that produce surfactant - a substance that will help his air sacs inflate once he joins us.
21 Weeks
Baby Boy Hertel is the size of a carrot in week 21, weighing in between .75 to 1lb this week and measuring 10.5in in length
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Week 20
Our baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now; the length is around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel. We find out this Thursday if it is baby boy Hertel or baby girl Hertel. Alex says boy, but don't all guys say their first born is going to be a male...we will see.
Week 19
Our baby weighs about 8 1/2 ounces and measures 6- 7.5 inches, head to bottom and even longer if you measure the legs!
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