We'll start with Babycenter.com: "How your baby's growing:
This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.
In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active."
Thebump.com: "In theory, your uterus' ability to expand (14 times in size, 20 in weight) is awe-inspiring; in practice, it kind of hurts. When the aches and sharp pains hit your belly, think about this happy news: By now, your risk of miscarriage has gone way, way down." And boy do they! Sneezing is painful, turns or moving too fast is painful, and I get sudden cramps that feel like my abdomen is splitting in half...but this is happy news...riiight, ::laughs dryly::
Babiesonline.com: "Your baby's body systems are starting to work on their own. The digestive system practices moving food along the intestines and through the renal system and he can create and eliminate urine. He also continues to practice breathing the amniotic fluid in and out of his lungs. Your baby has tiny, soft nails on his fingers and toes, is growing hair and may even suck his thumb. Your baby is approximately 10-11.5 cm (3 1/2 -4 inches) and weighs approximately 1.5 ounces.
Also, your baby's blood is beginning to form in the bone marrow and blood vessels are beginning to connect various parts of the fetus to another. The joints and muscles allow your baby full body movement so your baby is able to move around. The baby's neck is getting longer and his chin is no longer resting on his chest. The eyes and ears continue to move into place. The hands are becoming functional and reflex movements often occur. Nourishment now comes from the placenta. Remember, some of what you eat and drink is getting through to your baby. The doctor can tell if your baby is a boy or a girl using special tests.
Amniotic fluid is an amazing substance. It completely regenerates itself every three hours. We do know that it is partially composed of urine from the baby, but where amniotic fluid in general is made we are not sure. Modern medicine still has some surprises left."
So, we also had an appointment today as well. We didn't get to see any thumb sucking (aww...) but we did get to see the little heart fluttering, the head, spine, body, legs, feet and arms. It was exciting to see it moving and kicking and stretching. Unfortunately it's back was facing us so we couldn't see anything but outlines and back. She tried to see if we could get anything between the legs, but baby was just not cooperating. Big surprise, our baby is stubborn! teehee! Oh well, it was really too early to tell anyways. We will probably have a better chance next time. They will do blood tests next time to look for markers flagging things like Downs, spinal tube defects, and other not good things. I am just hoping our baby is perfectly normal... ::crosses fingers::
Sonogram of Baby
Heartbeat
My attempt at Color Coding a bit. Pink is the head, Red is the torso, and Yellow is the spine.
And this is the Color Coded face shot. "The alien face," as Dr.S put it. Pink is the head, Red is the torso, Yellow is the spine, Brown is the eyes, Blue is the nose, Grey is the mouth, and Green is one little fist.
That is our little lemon..
So we had this awesome Queen bed at the cabin we stayed in and we were about to go to bed. I was laying on my side facing the bathroom because Roger was in there and I was talking to him. I was super hot, so I was naked. He comes out of the bathroom and taps/pats my tummy.
I say, "You patted my tummy...Whyfor did you pat my tummy?"
He says, "I didn't."
I say, "You did too, just now."
He says, "Nope, that is our baby."
He is so cute, and had and still has my heart melting when he said this. I think he may be warming up to the fact that we are having a baby.
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