Halfway there!! 20 weeks

Twenty weeks is the halfway point to holding your baby in your arms. Are you ready yet? Your baby is working on getting ready. While his rapid growth stage is almost over, the next stage is imperative for his survival outside of the womb.
Your baby is now about 6 ½ inches long from crown to rump and weighs 10 ½ ounces, almost a pound! She is about 10 inches long from head to toe. This week, your baby’s heart grows stronger. If you lie down flat on your back, locate your pulse, and put your hand over your belly, you may be able to hear her pulse as well.
His body becomes well covered in vernix (the white cheese-like coating which protects her skin from the amniotic fluid), giving him skin that baby-soft feel after she’s born and bathed.
He is practicing swallowing every day, and has a good amount of meconium stored up in his bowels. Meconium is a black gooey substance that will make up your baby’s first bowel movement when he’s born.
His immunities are beginning to develop, as your body transfers antibodies to his. These antibodies will also be transferred to your baby with breastfeeding, keeping him out of harm’s way from viruses and infections.
Your baby’s senses are developing, and he can begin to taste, smell, hear, see, and touch. Nerve cells are continuing to make new connections every day in preparation for his big day. He already knows your voice, familiar music and other familiar voices, like Dad or Grandma, or big brother!

I am tired and for the most part emotionless the past couple days. This too shall pass.