21 Weeks

Ryan now weighs about three-quarters of a pound and is approximately 10 1/2 inches long — the length of a carrot. I have already started feeling like she's practicing martial arts as her initial fluttering movements turn into full-fledged kicks and nudges. In other developments, Ryan's eyebrows and lids are present now, and her vagina has begun to form as well. Her hearing is developing, and sounds from our conversations can be heard inside the uterus--along with my heartbeat, stomach rumblings, and the pulsing of blood vessels. In fact, the womb is so noisy that it's been compared to an airport runway during takeoff; it's thought that the stimuli prepare the baby for the cacophony of noises, sights, and sounds that will greet her at birth.