Me & the fetus went for our first swim today! It was my first swim in two years & I did better than I expected (I just swam until my arms got tired... a whole 45 minutes, yay!!) . There is a great little pool just 8 blocks away from our apartment in an old heritage building. At the most there were three of us in the pool... very quiet which is just fine by me. I hope to swim a couple times a week as it will be a great activity when I get bigger. I don't know how long I'll be able to wear my swimsuit, though, as it is pretty stretched out already! I've been doing a lot of walking on my days off which I love but forget that I need to be close to two things at all times... a washroom & food. It's also a weird feeling to get tired from walking. I have been out since 10:30 this morning when I went for a swim, walked for a bit, read at a park for awhile, walked some more and then treated myself to lunch at my favorite place and walked home. It's now 4pm and I'm tired, like I need a nap tired! I think I'll go for a short walk for a chai!
Just add a couple inches to the belly, a good handful of padding on the hips and triple the boob size and it could be my profile! Oh, and my placenta is at the front of my uterus.
Our 19 week update
The top of your uterus now reaches your belly button and will grow about a centimetre per week. The fetus measures around 6 inches/ 15 centimetres long from crown to rump and weighs about 9 ounces/ 240 grams. She has started to swallow amniotic fluid, and her kidneys continue to make urine. Hair on the scalp is sprouting. Sensory development reaches its peak this week. The nerve cells serving each of the senses -- taste, smell, hearing, seeing, and touch -- are now developing in their specialised areas of the brain. Nerve cell production slows down as existing nerve cells grow larger and make more complex connections. If you're carrying a baby girl, she already has roughly six million eggs in her ovaries. By the time she's born, she'll have about one million. You no doubt feel the kicking and somersaulting of your growing baby. At times, she may be so mobile that you can't sleep. The next ten weeks or so will be your baby's busiest and most active time, until the womb gets too crowded.
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