Baby Belly

There's again not much to describe. I'm pregnant and this is a picture of my bellow. I believe I was somewhere around 20 weeks along. It's a girl!

bellybutton

This pregnant lady has a Lovely Bellybutton!

belly button

belly button earring

pregnant belly

just an example=)

my no-stretch mark belly=)

me and my hubby and the little peanut

belly

The stomach is a highly acidic environment due to gastric acid production and secretion which produces a luminal pH range usually between 1 and 2 depending on the species, food intake, time of the day, drug use, and other factors. Combined with digestive enzymes, such an environment is able to break down large molecules (such as from food) to smaller ones so that they can eventually be absorbed from the small intestine. A zymogen called pepsinogen is secreted by chief cells and turns into pepsin under low pH conditions and is a necessity in protein digestion. The human stomach can produce and secrete about 2.2 to 3 liters of gastric acid per day with basal secretion levels being typically highest in the evening. The stomach can expand to hold between 2-4 liters of food. It is a temporary food storage area, and in the process of digestion, the food goes into the stomach first. Absorption of vitamin B12 from the small intestine is dependent on conjugation to a glycoprotein called intrinsic factor which is produced by parietal cells of the stomach. Other functions include absorbing some ions, water, and some lipid soluble compounds such as alcohol, aspirin, and caffeine.

4mos

Here we are at Thanksgiving. 4mos along.

Right Before Surgery

This was when I was pregnant with baby Ava, just a couple of hours away from surgery.

belly

This is my preggo belly for all you to see.

Pregnant Belly

Someone's pregnant belly...not mine...lol...