Thursday, June 29, 2006
Here we are!!!
Hi all! Well, my good friend Amy helped her friend design this site especially for our newest family member! I can now post the latest information regarding the baby so family and friends who may not get to see us all the time can stay updated! So, thank you Amy and Ginger! The page looks great and what a sweet gift! You're the best!I had my first doctor appointment on June 21 and he said everything looks as it should! Scott went with me, although still a bit drugged from surgery 2 days prior, and I had an ultrasound. I was a bit nervous and kept waiting for the doctor to say "no baby in here... are you sure you took the test right?" But, that didn't happen! I looked up and there on the screen was BabySedo! So tiny, but definitely a little person! The heart beating was the best... and so fast! I can't wait until my next appointment when I can actually hear it! As soon as I scan the pictures I will post them (and tell you what end is what)!
I have had quite a bit of morning sickness and am ready to be in the stage where I have energy! But, I also don't want to rush things because time will pass too quickly and the baby will be 12 before I know it! Scott has been great! I think it helps that he hasn't been feeling well either, so we watch movies together and read a lot! He is so excited too! I have been reading BabyCenter (website) and looking at different bedding (I'll post pictures of thoses later!). Each week I tell him how big the baby is and what is developing and he's thrilled!
According to BabyCenter here's what's happening this week:
Your baby is no longer an embryo! Though she's barely the size of a kumquat — just an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, she now has completed the most critical portion of her development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in her body rapidly grow and mature. Her vital organs — the liver, kidney, intestines, brain, and lungs — are now in place and starting to function (although they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy). Her liver continues to make blood cells, and the yolk sac, which previously supplied these cells, is no longer needed and begins to disappear.
During the next three weeks, your baby's length will more than double to nearly 3 inches. Her head is proportionately smaller now than it was a few weeks ago, but it's still almost half the length of her entire body. Her forehead temporarily bulges with her developing brain and sits high on her head; it will later recede to give her a more human appearance. Each day, more minute details — including tiny fingernails, toenails, and peach-fuzz hair — start to appear on her body. Her fingers are now completely separated; her arms bend at the elbow and curve slightly; her hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over her heart; her legs are lengthening; and her feet may be long enough to meet in front of her body. She is busily swallowing amniotic fluid and kicking her legs.
If you could take a peek at your baby this week, you'd be able to clearly see the outline of her spine through her parchment-thin skin. Spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from her spinal cord.
They keep saying she... but we are hoping for a HE! (We will be thrilled with a girl too... as long as it is healthy!) That's all for today, so check back in periodically and see news about the baby!
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