lazy wee baby and week eighteen.

our last ultrasound was done by a fetal medicine specialist to scan for defects and the like and we are happy to report that the wee is right on target although not very cooperative as wee baby did not find it necessary to uncurl from his/her comfortable ball just to let us have a look around.

heartrate: 152 bpm
weight: 8oz
sex: we didn't find out despite herschel's weakness...my hubs was wavering

this view makes the wee look like a duck but i assure you that there is human DNA in there.
that cranium is shazam!

i can say with confidence that this is the cutest little foot you have ever seen, my friends. if you were thinking that those three little lines on the left were toes, you have given the wee clown feet and you are wrong because that is part of the umbilical cord. what is that wonderful thing that wee is propping a foot on? it's the placenta, friends, and i find it to be super fine.

and me:
* enough frequent bathroom miles to take a trip abroad but no one honors them
* beginning to feel uncomfortable in clothes
* still get the queases after i eat. i am beginning to suspect that this is not going to go away. that makes me sad
* still no sweet tooth
* still refuse fruit
* still waiting for wee baby to make a move that i can feel

Week Eighteen:

• Vernix (a white cheese-like protective material) forms on baby's skin with the lanugo (soft, lightly pigmented hair covering the body and limbs); both serving to protect your baby's skin during the months in water.
• Your placenta continues to grow and nourish the baby.
  
• Tiny air sacs called alveoli begin to form in lungs.
  
• Her vocal chords are formed. She goes through the motions of crying but without air she doesn't make a sound.
• Features of your baby's heart, including ventricles and chambers, should be visible during an ultrasound.
• Your baby measures about 5.59 inches (14.2cm) this week and weighs about 6.7 ounces (190gm). (or 8 oz if you're special

18 week old fetus (not wee).