17 weeks

Your Baby: Week 17

Baby's skeleton is hardening, changing from rubbery cartilage to bone, and fat is finally accumulating around it. The umbilical cord is getting thicker and stronger, and those little fingers and toes are now topped by one-of-a-kind prints.

 

* How far along?: 17 weeks

* Total weight gain: down 10lbs total so far

* How big is baby?: The size of an onion

* Maternity clothes?: always

* Stretch marks?: nothing new

* Sleep?: sleep is starting to suck, good think i have a body pillow

* Best moment this week? getting a 3d/4d ultrasound and finding out we are having a daughter

* Movement?: yep

* Food cravings?: nothing

* Labor signs?: nope

* Belly button in or out?: In.

* Sex?: GIRL

* What I miss: having energy

* What I'm looking forward to: having my "big" ultrasound, even though we already know gender

* Milestone: