Sunday 1 March 2009

My baby, Week 22

Developement of a 22 week baby (Taken from Welcome baby Home Pregnancy Calendar)

Your baby now weighs about 12 oz (350g) and is over 7 inches long (19cm). Baby continues to grow, eyelids and eyebrows are developed, and nails are also visible. The amniotic fluid is replenished on a daily basis; in fact about a third of the fluid is exchanged every hour. Your baby swallows the fluid and some of this fluid is absorbed back into your body via the umbilical cord and placenta. The rest is simply urinated back into the amniotic fluid. Baby uses its 'bathwater' as its drinking water (EUW!). While some of its nutrients are provided by the amniotic fluid, bulk of the nutrients comes from the placenta.

How disgusting is that? Bath water as drinking water? Just disgustable!

I don't know if this will work but if you go to this............

http://www.welcomebabyhome.com/newsletter_weeks/fetus_week_22.htm

There is a moving scan picture of a 22 week baby, so she should look something like that at the moment (hopefully, minus the testicles that are clearly visable on this little boy though) LOL

1 comment:

The Girl With The Mousy Hair said...

Thanks for your comment. I don't like the sound of the pain part though. They never mentioned that. Glad to hear all is going well with baby pink.