The Secret Life of Riley

My granddaughter has now been developing for twenty weeks. She is halfway to being born!

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At twenty weeks, she weighs around ten ounces and is about six and a half inches long; about the size of a banana. Her taste buds are fully developed.

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Ultrasounds have come a long ways since I had one in the nineties. I cherish these photos, taken this morning. I cherish this peek inside Riley’s secret world. I cherish the miracle of her.

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I can’t help but wonder what she thinks about, snug and cozy in her watery world.

I wonder what she makes of the voices she hears outside her little cocoon.

I wonder if she knows that she is already dearly loved.