Pregnancy: Week 20

Today I had my 5 month check-up. Baby Kolhoss is growing fast. She is now the size of a cantaloupe!

Baby Kolhoss gulps down several ounces of amniotic fluid every day, both for nutrition and to practice swallowing and digesting. And, these days, her taste buds actually work! Studies show that after birth, babies respond best to tastes they've already had via amniotic fluid.

Her heartbeat is 149bpm and weighs a total of 12 ounces. The doctor said the average risk of having a baby with Down’s Syndrome is 1 in 1,667. According to how our little baby looks so far and my recent blood test, our baby’s risk is only 1 in 5,000! Such great news! They also tested for Trisomy 18 (chromosome disorder) and our baby’s risk is only 1 in 67,691! We were happy to hear that our baby's risk is so low and that everything looks great so far!

On Wed. December 9 at 7:36PM I felt Baby Kolhoss kick for the first time! We're half way there.