22 weeks

Ok. So, Baby #2's pregnancy has been TOTALLY different than the first! I am hoping that continues and means we have a full-term, healthy, non-NICU baby! Here are the differences I have noticed so far:
1) I am carrying baby girl higher than I did Jacob
2) I am starting to show faster with Baby #2
3) NAUSEA ... Oh Boy! I am still puking! (I think someone is playing an evil trick on me for saying morning sickness was just people "trying to milk it"... Yes, I really said that with Jacob because I had NO nausea!)
4) No food cravings --- Maybe this goes with the nausea but NOTHING sounds good to eat. (With Jacob I wanted MEAT and DAIRY...)

Well, That's pretty much it! We are staggering our monthly visits to the OB and perinatologist so we are seeing a doctor every two weeks right now. They will begin NSTs and more regular checks beginning the third trimester (28 weeks)! But, Everything is looking ok so far and we are monitoring my blood pressure twice a day for any signs of increase!

Week 22:I'm wrinklier than a raisin!

Fetal development in pregnancy week 22

~length
11 in | 28 cm

~weight
15 oz | 425 g

Congratulations! You’re now housing a human who weighs nearly a pound and measures nearly a foot in length!

Your wee babe's perfect little pancreas (a super-duper organ that produces hormones and aids in digestion) is now making its own hormones for your baby's body and brain!

If you were worried, you can finally stop that: your baby's future in the circus as a world-famous tight-rope-walker is secure now that their inner ear is developed to the point that they have their own sense of balance.

Luckily for your little womb-explorer, this new balance promotes physical dexterity, which has them actively feeling out their surroundings where skin, body parts, and the resident umbilical cord are the big sensory experiences.

Your sweet babe is sort of looking like an oversized red prune right now as more and more skin (and therefore wrinkles) are showing up each week.

Not to worry, all those wrinkles are just your baby's way of planning ahead for the time when they’ll start piling on all of that irresistible baby chub.