Wednesday, March 28, 2012

10 weeks

Double digits!!!! it's all going by pretty fast! We had to change the days of our ultrasounds, so it looks like we will be hearing the heartbeat on April 19th...with a doc that I hope has some decent bedside manners despite what I have heard, I'll set her straight if she gives me lip :)

Spike has decided to prepare us for parenthood early, how sweet, right? Well, he likes to get up to go potty around 3-4am (Andrew usually gets up for that one). Then whines again around 4:45-5:30, this one is mine, mostly out out guilt for not getting up earlier, but it also ends up being about 10-30 minutes before my alarm goes off which is a painful thought. If I am lucky enough to sneak back into bed and the boys have not eaten yet, they are now starving by 6:30 at the latest. But we love him and are glad he's not pissing all over the floor :)

Baby Center weekly update: 
 
Though he's barely the size of a kumquat — a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, your baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature.
He's swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy.
If you could take a peek inside your womb, you'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.
In other developments: Your baby's limbs can bend now. His hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over his heart, and his feet may be long enough to meet in front of his body. The outline of his spine is clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from his spinal cord. Your baby's forehead temporarily bulges with his developing brain and sits very high on his head, which measures half the length of his body. From crown to rump, he's about 1 1/4 inches long. In the coming weeks, your baby will again double in size — to nearly 3 inches.

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