Your baby has grown to the size of a grape, weighs a fraction of an ounce, and is almost 1 inch long. She's starting to look more and more human. Her essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: Your baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do her tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. Your baby's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks. Her eyes are fully formed, but her eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. She has tiny earlobes, and her mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The placenta is developed enough now to take over most of the critical job of producing hormones. Now that your baby's basic physiology is in place, she's poised for rapid weight gain.
My first appointment went pretty well. I met with a nurse to go over my family history and order my labs and vitamins. At the lab, I found out I was getting ELEVEN tubes of blood. The guy who did it said the most he had done on a female before was 10, so I broke his record. I did ok, but had to ask for the trash can after because I felt like I was going to puke. Last time I only had 8, so who knows what was different this time around. I go for a dating ultrasound and exam on April 2nd! YAY!
I was supposed to sub today, but Natalie was upset and crying all evening, so about 10 pm I cancelled. This morning she woke up crying with a 100.6 and telling me her teeth and tummy hurt. We both seem to have a stomach bug so no fun!
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Sad I hope she feels better!
Stomach bugs are no fun at all...especially when you are pregnant. Stay hydrated. On another note, I LOVE your weekly pregnancy updates. Today I was looking at Sheila's tiny toes and thinking how she used to have even tinier toes when she was the size of a grape. So cute! and so fun to think about!
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