I just want to start things out and say that this blog was not my idea. But seeing as I moved 800 miles south, got married, and pregnant I thought I should listen to the insessant voice in my ear. So thank Donna, not me for starting this. ALL that to say here goes:
This week I am 12 weeks along and developmentally this is what is happening to our little baby. I get this from a Nickelodeon website so I take zero credit for this.
Baby's face is looking more human as his eyes have moved to the front of his head and his ears are in place. Hooray! Other amazing fetal highlights this week:
Our baby is able to swallow this week and practices on the amniotic fluid he or she floats in. (And you thought baby food was kind of nasty!) And in case you're wondering how our kid can breathe in all that fluid, here's your answer: Fetuses get oxygen from the blood pumped into their bodies by the placenta and don't breathe with their lungs. Mystery solved!
This is kind of gross, albeit fascinating, so feel free to skip ahead: Our baby's intestines are well under way, but they aren't all where you'd expect them to be. Instead of all being locked away in the body cavity, some are dangling on the outside, in the umbilical cord. Ewwww.
Our little nugget's finger- and toenails are forming this week. The chin and nose are also becoming more defined.
Junior has doubled in size over the past two weeks and now weighs almost ½ ounce. He (or she) is also now around 2 ½ inches long, about the length of your pinky finger or a Vienna sausage, which, in a few months, will be indistinguishable from one another.
I hope you enjoyed those little tidbits of facts on our little vienna sausage. As for pictures of baby bump I shall post as soon as possible. If you need a visual imagine me after I've eaten my large Sunday afternoon meal. Pretty much the same thing ;). Until next time!
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