Info @ 21 weeks!

dannii87

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Ooh how exciting, I haven't done this for a few weeks so I'm amazed and so excited at these "facts"!!! :cheer:

Week Twenty-One

- White blood cells are under production. Leukocytes (or white blood cells) form our body's defense sytems. They help fight infections and diseases.

- Your little one's skin has changed from translucent to become more opaque.

- Your infant's tongue is fully formed. If you were able to peek you might catch your son or daughter practicing giving you a raspberry!

- If your baby is a girl, her womb and vagina are formed. Unlike males, females have a limited supply of eggs in their lifetime. At this point your daughter will have 6 million eggs. This amount decreases to approximately one million by birth.

- Baby swallows more this week. After your baby takes in amniotic fluid, his body absorbs the water in the liquid and moves the rest into the large bowel. This is good practice for his digestive system!

- Wake and sleep periods become more consistent. Some research suggests that baby sets her internal clock to match the outside world's even before birth! Your eating and sleeping habits as well levels of light and noise serve as her signals.

- Real hair and toenails are beginning to grow. Baby continues to urinate and drink amniotic fluid, which is exchanged every three hours.

- Length is now measured crown to heel. Baby measures about 10.51 inches (26.7cm) and weighs nearly 12.7 ounces (360g).
 
i love it when i check mine out each week!!!!

she's getting big dannii!!
 
I know it seems silly and OBVIOUSLY theyre growing but i feel like iv grown a little pencil at the minute, and by 21 weeks theyre going to be a ruler !! Trying to put cm sizes onto things i know but thats all i can think of for some reason !! Gosh theyre getting big !!!
If we could peak i wonder whos hair theyd have ??? I constantly wonder if LO will be burdened with my bedraggled excuse for a barnet or OH's mop of thick locks !!
Googling i also found this. . . .
After about pregnancy week 21 you may start realizing that your baby is hiccupping in utero.
So thats something to look forward to at 4 in the morning eh :p x x
 
Hell yeah! I think it's from about 13 weeks I was amazed at how babyfied they are!! It does sound silly but you're right, it's amazing how much they come on from looking like a sea fish/prawn or something!! xx
 
I must admit, every Tuesday when my ticker changes to another week, I get up feeling excited and check out that week's baby facts :oops: It's so fun to think of them growing!
 

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