Im constantly amazed at the changes my body is going through! My breasts are fuller, and still sore, they have been sore since before I took a pregnancy test! Ive also gone from a 38B to a 38C in this time. Yikes! My last pregnancy I went from a 38C to a 42DD. Im afraid Im going in that direction again. My uterus is now about the size of a grapefruit! And my baby is almost five inches long, that’s almost as long as an American dollar bill. Baby’s kidneys are hard at work and so is their little tummy! Baby now is swallowing their amniotic fluid and what goes in must come out! So they are also urinating now. I think only a mom can get excited about that! The fluid is constantly being replaced, about every 3 hours it is completely renewed. Which makes understanding why pregnant women are constantly making trips to the bathroom a little easier! Even though they are now urinating they wont start having bowel movements until birth, sometimes during labour a baby will pass their first bowel movement, it is called Meconium and is very stick and black, much like tar. When you water breaks if it is stained green or black that can mean trouble for your little one, my oldest son had meconium staining when he was born, he didn’t seem to have aspirated any (breathed it in) but it can cause breathing troubles with newborns if it is aspirated.

Posted by Shelley in Baby development on July 18th, 2007 |