Pregnancy Progress: Week 19

Today, I am 19 weeks pregnant!! This week Cashina will begin to sport a greasy white substance of oil and dead skin cells to protect her skin from the amniotic fluid. We wouldn't want her to enter the world as a big prune would we!? Cashina can most likely recognize my voice now so I have been doing lots of singing in the car to keep her entertained and if it doesn't feel to strange, I will have little conversations with her. I have some books that I would like to start reading to her as well and I'm sure Violet will enjoy them too :-)

Cashina's brain is also developing rapidly this week, growing pockets that will allow her to hear, see, taste, smell, and touch things after delivery. Cashina has also produced millions of eggs in her ovaries which means that Chris and I will hopefully have grandchildren someday too!!

We got to visit with Cashina this week to undergo the "big" fetal survey. We are still waiting for results but are hopeful that all is well with her little organs. All of her measurements are on track for 19 weeks and she seems pretty comfy in my tummy. We don't think she is very much a morning baby since she seemed to be chilling out with the occasional arm, leg or mouth movement. Even so, the ultrasound tech was able to see everything she needed to and we even got to see a cool close-up of her heart pumping. Ultrasounds are amazing!!

Here are a couple of ultrasound photos. In the first one, she is looking toward us with her left arm near her face. The second one is a profile of her lounging back; if you look closely you can even see her ribs!!