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Thumb-sucking at 18 weeks....

By week 18 of your pregnancy, your baby's crown-to-rump length is 5 to 5.5 inches long. Your baby continues to develop fat layers and weighs about 5.25 ounces. Your baby will continue to grow and develop, but the rapid growth will slow down for a little while. You will be able to feel your uterus just below your bellybutton. If you put your fingers sideways to measure, you can feel your uterus about two finger-widths below your bellybutton. At this point of your pregnancy, your uterus is approximately the size of a cantaloupe. Although weight gain varies from woman to woman, your total weight gain at this point should be 10 to 13 pounds.

At this time if you had an ultrasound, heart abnormalities can be detected. If the ultrasound technician detects abnormalities, further ultrasound exams may be ordered to follow the baby's development. There is still space available in your uterus and your baby will be active for periods at a time. Your baby may sit cross legged or turn somersaults.

Around this time, your baby becomes more sensitive to the outside world and shows her presence through powerful kicks and prods. The bones through which sound is passed to the inner ear have hardened and the parts of the brain that receives and processes nerve signals from the ears are developing. This means that your baby can hear now. Your baby will get used to familiar sounds, such as your heart beating, familiar voices, blood rushing through the umbilical cord and other daily routine sounds. Your baby will become startled if he hears a loud sound.

If you have a stethoscope at home, you can now hear the baby's heartbeat yourself.



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Arcola21 - 50 minutes ago
Lisa--your right it all depends on where you go. The one close to my house is great they have lots of cute stuff just not many pants for short people. Maybe there are lots of us going to the same one and I just get there too late! LOL

Lisa33 - 2.4 hours ago
I got alot of nice stuff from Kohl's. I got my favorite pair of maternity jeans from there and they have small sizes and I'm only 5'2' and they fit perfect in the length. I'm actually getting ready to go there when my husband gets home from work. It does depend on which Kohl's you go to as well.

Arcola21 - 3.1 hours ago
Tania--I just bought tons of cute tops at Kohls..but all the pants are for taller ladies! I will probably have to just buy some and have them taken up.

Arcola21 - 3.1 hours ago
Tania--Im glad they gave you some more! Insurance companies are a pain in the A$$!! Hopefully soon we both get off of this MS rollercoaster!!

taniamommyX2 - 3.1 hours ago
Khol's has some great maternity clothes~

Arcola21 - 3.1 hours ago
Team pink--I am short too!! 5feet 2 inches to be exact! It is so hard to find maternity pants for petite ladies. I have only found 2! one at Ross and one at a maternity shop. I NEED maternity pants because I cant even zip any of my regular ones!! It SOOOO darn frusterating!!!

texxasmama - 4 hours ago
I've been in bed all day with a headache...it won't go away. Now my neck is starting to hurt...ouch!

taniamommyX2 - 4.1 hours ago
OMG! Zofran is a life saver today! lol I finally got my meds and I feel a ton better. I'm actually trying to eat some chix noodle soup right now! :) So much happier!!

team-pink! - 4.3 hours ago
same here... i feel really depressed and fat! have nothing nice to wear and can neva find maternity pants as i am such a short arse!! i just look like a fatty ith no sense of style apart frm sweatpants!!.... *sigh*

lovebeachchick - 4.4 hours ago
I think my hormones are kicking in, I'm sad I can't fit into my pants but I'm too small for maternity ones!!! ;( And I'm not gaining like I should be cause I started out under weight......Not so happy right now.

Englishmama - 5.2 hours ago
I'm starting to feel good again tania- with the help of zofran, prilosec and B6. Still got the nausea but it's MUCH easier to live with, and am starting to put on some of the weight I lost. Hang in there, you'll get through it x

taniamommyX2 - 5.6 hours ago
Thank you ladies! The pharmacist called my insurance company and tlked them into giving me 12 pills until my doc could call them. THANK GOD! But I have been feeling to sick to get in the car and go get it! lol I do have Phenegren here and have been taking it the past few days but it kocks me out. I slept 13 hours the other day and I would still wake up in the middle of the night to get sick. :( So are Alli Arcola and I the only ones still in misery??!! EnglishMama, are you feeling better?

alliep - 6.6 hours ago
tania.. maybe the doctor could try u on another medicine if thats too expensive. ive been on phenergan, vistaryl, reglan, and zofran. the reglan and zofran never helped me an made it worse. too bad we are not neighbors bc i would give u all of them i have left.

Englishmama - 6.7 hours ago
Arcola21- in re: to the suppositories, I tried those too for ms, but wasn't a big fan. Made me cramp up pretty bad, which i really didn't like. Oh ladies...couldn't help myself and went shopping for the little man today. Not too early right? I was trying to hold out until after christmas but now I know what I'm having, it was impossible.

Englishmama - 6.7 hours ago
tania- ask the pharmacist about the generic version of Zofran. I had to take it for a couple of weeks while my doctor squared things away with my insurance company (they refused to pay initially). It worked just as well and saved me some money too.

Arcola21 - 6.9 hours ago
Tania--thats what I do. When I feel like its gonna be a bad day I only drink water and dont eat anything. So actually Im wasting water but it beats the dry-heaves!! What sucks it that I have lost some control of my bladder and sometimes when I get sick I pee a little! LOL it even happens when I sneeze..so embarrasing! Pads are a MUST now

taniamommyX2 - 7.2 hours ago
Arcola21 - same with me! At week 16 things started looking up, then I caught the swine flu but I still felt better than what the MS made me feel. Now, for the past several days I'm right back in it :( I have been forcing myself to drink more water and it has helped because when I do get sick, at least there is more fluid involved and it doesnt hurt so much.

Arcola21 - 7.8 hours ago
Oh..By the way I will be 18 weeks tomorrow but since im so close and nobody is in the mood to talk in week 17 i decided to peek at yall and read whats been going on!! Im so nosy!!

Arcola21 - 7.8 hours ago
Tania--Im still with you on the MS!! For a week I was PERFECT!! No vomiting and NO nausea...Then it came back! I was sooo dissapointed!! At the moment I have to take 1 zofran every morning and keep something in my tummy at all times or I end up hugging the toilet again. Its rediculous!! I hope you get your insurance issue sorted out! Since I only need one every day they seem to be lasting me long enough and when they dont I have the suppositories (I HATE THOSE THINGS!!!)

emoody78 - 8 hours ago
yay week 18! I havent felt my baby girl move yet!

taniamommyX2 - 8.6 hours ago
Alliep - i'm having trouble filling my zofran prescription because of new insurance...or SUCKY insurance! So I havent taken it in several days and I feel it! I've gotten sick for 3 days straight :( I cant believe at 18 weeks MS is still here...what the crap?!

alliep - 10.8 hours ago
tania im still havin the ms too.. but i can tell mine is slowly but surely getting better. still takin one vistaryl in the morn an half a phenergan at nite. there has only been one day when i have not had to take it though.

Juniwoo - 13.7 hours ago
Tubsy - yes, me too! I go through days at a time where I'm constantly hungry then I get one or two days when I'm a bit more normal (obviously eaten my quota the other 5 days lol!) I just see it as baby getting everything he/she needs and I'm not going to worry about it. We're all going to get big and fat - HOORAH FOR THE FAT PREGGO LADIES LOL!

tubsywubsy - 16.7 hours ago
I feel like Im constantly eating,im always hungry every few hours...my tummy starts growling even when im not craving anything and its so hard for me to constantly eat all day..does anybody else feel this way?

filled-with-joy - 17.4 hours ago
I went to the movies tonight to see 2012 - the baby was moving the whole time. I guess all the action got his/her blood pumping. Anyhow, it was a good distraction, but it seems like my feet were so swollen after the movies - yuck!

diana - 20.1 hours ago
So I go for an ultrasound on Friday! Then I hope baby has its legs open so i know if im team blue or pink... I have a 8 year old girl and a 20 month old boy! Id love to have a girl again but ill be happy with what ever i get !

texxasmama - 21.8 hours ago
hi ladies, doing good here, had three bouts of crying last night. My DH has only been gone 9 days but it feels like a month already! I have felt my babyboy more and more. I can feel him getting stronger...YAY!

Englishmama - 21.8 hours ago
Congrats tanyce55. My mum had 2 girls and a then a boy-and my sister and I adored my baby brother and still do even though he's taller than us!!

tanyce55 - 22.5 hours ago
mgbjen: Good luck at your ultrasound!! I hope you find out!! As for me I lucked out and the tech told me!! IM HAVING A BOY!!! WOOHOOO!!! I already have 2 girls so this is exciting!!

ms-vee - 22.6 hours ago
Is any1 keeping count ? I was just wondering how many boys/girls there are now

Englishmama - 1 days ago
taniamommyx2-sorry to hear you're feeling so poorly. I've had morning sickness from about 7 weeks (i hate the term 'morning' because for me it lasts all day). I finally had to be put on Zofran to help control the nausea. Talk to your OB if you're feeling bad, you may be able to get some relief. Hang in there.

taniamommyX2 - 1 days ago
Week 18 today and feel so bad...MS has found it's way back. I'm so sick of this and I want it to go away so bad!!! How many others are still feeling MS?

readyfor2 - 1 days ago
ah! someone asked me yesterday - 'oh you're expecting? are you due soon?' I KNEW I WAS HUGE!

diana - 1 days ago
I will be joining you ladies tomorrow C= YAY!

Englishmama - 1 days ago
nuggetlovin- definitely eases my mind!! Been crouched over, and terrified. Thanks alot :)

nuggetlovin - 1 days ago
englishmama- I'm from week 24 but saw ur question about cysts. With my 1st I didn't even know I was pregnant yet, but could barely walk my pain was so bad. I laid in bed for 2 days in tears before my boyfriend told my mom and MADE me go to the er (I was only 17). To my surprise, I was pregnant and the pregnancy hormones caused an ovarian cyst to burst. After a few days I was back to my new normal of beinig preggo and my baby was born perfect! Hope that helps ease your mind.

Englishmama - 1 days ago
And thankyou mgbjen :)

Englishmama - 1 days ago
Quick question ladies: I mentioned earlier this week that I had a UTI. The OB talked to me this morning and said it was possible I had a cyst on my ovary burst, possibly from the progesterone, explaining the pain I still feel. He isn't alarmed because the sonogram looks normal. Anyone else have a simliar experience?

mgbjen - 1 days ago
Englishmama - What a beautiful name Kai is! Congrats for Team Blue :-)

4thandlast - 1 days ago
Last day in week 18 and already feeling very pregnant. Even had the comments - wow you look really pregnant (well that's because I am!!)

Englishmama - 1 days ago
Just found out I'm Team Blue! Very excited. Decided to name him Kai Matthew. Currently, he weighs 8oz and runs all over his uterus lol. Pretty amazing moment.

commongoal - 1 days ago
Hehehe....my belly has gone from nothing to WOOW BABY! =) How is it that we grow bellies overnight?

klderoos - 1 days ago
wedward- same as for the girls!!! everything is sickly pink and my little girl is a bit of a tom boy so I have resorted to putting her in a few boys things with some pink for good measure, I say go for as many hand me downs as possible, my daughter has two huge suitcases of clothes she has grown out of and is only 14 months

mgbjen - 1 days ago
Had my US yesterday and they could not see anything, babys legs were all curled up and the umbilical cord was in the way...Oh well it waved at us and got some beautiful shots regardless. I was on the fence about finding out what it was so I guess this is just how it is suppose to be, I will find out in April. :-) Hope you all have a great weekend!!

wedward - 1 days ago
ama-I'm with you on the gender specific clothing. My son is 16 months and EVERYTHING out there is either football or soccer or basketball or racecars!!! I guess you have to buy higher end if you want something with a little personality, but who wants to spend $50 on an outfit when they wear it for two months!!!

commongoal - 1 days ago
avaelayne : My opinion (we are NOT finding out what we are having either)there is plenty out there that could be for both BOY or GIRL. My sister-in-law is 8 months pregnant and she decided to go unknown as well, she just had a baby shower and she received so many beautiful awesome things that are for both boy and girl. Trust me that baby is not going to be deprived of anything...BOY or GIRL. That made me feel ever more excited that we were going unknown as well =D

readyfor2 - 1 days ago
I am with you on the baby clothes. I don't like cute-sie clothes, with bears and hearts and characters I much prefer plain, clean, classic clothes like Ralph Lauren. My baby daughter can wear alot of my son's clothes now too as a result.

readyfor2 - 1 days ago
ama - sorry to hear about the croup, my son had that at 15 months and it was just awful! he had hand-foot-and-mouth disease twice this year too and now strep. when does it end?

ama-llama - 1 days ago
Well we found out Hunter has Croup AGAIN. As far as colors go I know Im probably in the minority here but I really dislike 90% of baby clothes on the market. Im not into the whole football blue for boy pink princess for girl. So all the stuff I bought for my son is either red or green or black or neutral. If its a girl this time she will wear it all too :P

Juniwoo - 1 days ago
Avaelayne - I got a neutral baby keepsake book from M&S over here in UK. Try www.m&s.co.uk?? I'm having more success finding cute neutral baby stuff online than I do in the shops. Hope that helps.



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