21 Weeks Pregnant!

We are now on the down slope of the pregnancy mountain!! I am in my 22nd week:) And as you can see from the post below, we know that I am having a little girl! We can now call Baby Whitten Baby Lily!! I'm sorry I didn't post more about the 3D u/s, it was a pretty busy weekend!

I got in a car accident on Thursday in Clinton, NC on my way to Jacksonville for the weekend! It was pretty unfortunate, but everyone walked away fine... everyone except the Durango! It was towed to a body shop there in Clinton and I should hear something about the damage by Friday! It was an accident, but I was at fault, so I have a court date for the 2nd of June. The u/s was the next morning and it went off without a hitch! Everyone (except Haley) was able to be there with me and Thomas called on the cell phone! Our baby girl was being shy and modest! She pretty much hid behind my placenta the whole time with her hand between her legs! But she was moving all over the place! Finally at the end of the session she pulled her feet up to her face and played with and sucked on her toes for a bit so we were able to see that there was no "external plumbing" as the tech worded it! Thomas was able to hear her heart beating for the first time and was kind of taken back by how fast it was beating! But he was very happy to find out and said that we were "starting a new Halford family!" (My parents had 3 girls). His dad said that the past 7 generations of Whittens have all had boys first... so we are definitely breaking the mold on his side!

I had a doctor's appointment today and I'll post about that and put up a new belly picture later tonight! But for now enjoy all the Fun Facts about Baby Lily!


WEEK TWENTY-TWO

*Your baby weighs close to a pound at this point!
*Your baby can now hear your conversations more clearly than before!. When you talk, read, or sing, expect her to hear you. Studies have found that newborns will suck more vigorously when read to from a book they heard frequently in utero.
*Eyelids and eyebrows are fully formed.
*Fingernails have grown to the end of the fingers.
*Be prepared for all those "Why" questions coming! Your baby's brain has entered a stage of rapid growth, especially in what's called the germinal matrix. This structure deep in the middle of the brain serves as a kind of factory for brain cells and disappears shortly before birth. But the brain's amazing expansion program continues until around the five birthday.
*With some help from mom, baby's liver is starting to break down bilirubin, a substance produced by red blood cells.
*Length is 10.94 inches (27.8cm); weight is nearly 1 pound (430gm).