24

This week, Baby Girl D is about the length of an ear of corn.

How far along: 24 weeks
Net weight gain/loss: up 16 lbs.
Maternity clothes: Still loving maternity pants. Just ironed a maternity shirt for tomorrow.
Stretch marks: No (and let’s pray for none!!)
Belly button: innie
Sleep: Pretty good. Being wiped out from shopping yesterday helped last night!
Baby movement: Yes – she could move all day long and I’d love every second!
Food cravings: Not really anything this week.
Food aversions: No…
What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach.
Looking forward to: Deciding on Baby Girl’s name!!!!
Best moment this week: Seeing Baby Girl on the ultrasound…she was holding her foot in her mouth with her hands – looks like she’s flexible!
Milestones: Baby Girl Davis weighs 1 pound, 10 ounces (as of 23 weeks, 6 days). She should gain about 6 ounces every week from now on (if you don’t want to do the math that means she should weigh around 7 lbs, 10 oz at full term). She is starting to plump up, which I could tell in her cheeks on the ultrasound. Her brain is growing rapidly and her taste buds are continuing to develop. Her lungs are developing “branches” of the respiratory “tree,” as well as cells that produce surfactant (that’s a substance that helps her air sacs inflate and not stick together once she is outside the womb).