week 26

The top of your uterus can now be felt about 2 ½ inches above your belly button. During the remainder of your pregnancy you will grow about a ½ inch per week. If you have been watching your weight throughout your pregnancy and have been sticking to a balanced diet, your weight gain should be between 16 and 22 pounds. Your baby is around 13 inches long and weighs 2 pounds. The development that is occurring at this stage may seem small and insignificant, but it is very important as your baby begins to prepare for his/her entry into the world. The nerves in the ears are developing and allowing your baby to respond more consistently to the sounds that he/she hears. Your baby is also continuing to swallow amniotic fluid which is causing his/her lungs to develop. If you are having a little boy, his testicles have begun their descent into his scrotum. -Anerican Pregnancy Association

the biggest thrill this week for me was noticing that my belly button is slowly becoming an outtie! what can i say, simple pleasures! but with the uterus now growing 1/2 inch per week in no time i'll have the obvious rounded belly which will be a good perch for the birds to sit on! :)