At 20 weeks old, the baby has developed full facial features, hands, fingers, fingernails... And genitalia. I was watching the sonogram at our latest appointment, looking for a hint at any sign of a girl or boy. I saw a spine, limbs, and a beating heart. The sonogram image is always moving, so it's hard to tell what you're looking at because as soon as you can imagine what a yet-to-be-born baby butt cheek would look like, you're all of a sudden looking at some other body part. Five minutes into it, the technician asks us if we were going to find out what it was, and we simultaneously say "yes." That's like asking me if I want to eat that last donut. She says calmly, as I'm sure she's said it a dozen times already that day: "You're having a boy." At that moment, it's almost like finding out you're having a baby all over again. Thoughts of fathering a baby boy rush into your head, and you again want to immediately tell everyone you know.
In other news, baby and mom are healthy so far, and he weighs 13 ounces right now. One of the books we're reading says he should be around 9 ounces right now, so he's a bit above average. (Babycenter.com emails say he's the size of a banana.) I also realized that it's the halfway point and he's under a pound; over the next 4 1/2 months, he'll be ballooning up to least five or six more pounds on average before birth. This will begin the point of an entire closet full of big belly clothes. (For wifey only, and hopefully not me.)
In other news, baby and mom are healthy so far, and he weighs 13 ounces right now. One of the books we're reading says he should be around 9 ounces right now, so he's a bit above average. (Babycenter.com emails say he's the size of a banana.) I also realized that it's the halfway point and he's under a pound; over the next 4 1/2 months, he'll be ballooning up to least five or six more pounds on average before birth. This will begin the point of an entire closet full of big belly clothes. (For wifey only, and hopefully not me.)
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