Pregnancy: The First Conversation With My (Unborn) Child

According to the various websites (like this one and this one), during the 16th week of pregnancy, your baby weighs between 3 and 4 ounces, measures between 4 and 5 inches long, and has a heart that’s pumping about 25 quarts of blood per day.

He or she also has functioning ears.

Which is why I decided to have a chat with our child — a chat that was far more challenging than I had anticipated, and not just because I was talking to Emily’s stomach: