12 Weeks

The 1st trimester is almost over! Thank goodness. I am banking on what I've heard about nausea going away in the 2nd trimester. For those of you wondering, I am not quite showing yet. Just have a little tummy. If strangers were to see me, I'm sure they think I had one to many chimichangas. I am ready to look pregnant, and not tubby! :) The past 2 nights, I've woken up hungry. It's the strangest thing - it's not like I'm starving myself or anything. In fact, quite the opposite. I haven't been having a snack before bed lately, and I'm betting that has something to do with it. Another development - none of my prepregnancy shorts fit anymore! Even my work pants I'm having to leave mostly unzipped (thank goodness for the Bella Band). I am wondering if they make maternity exercise shorts..My favorites are the Adidas shorts that I always wear to the gym.. I don't think mine are going to last much longer.

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What Baby T is doing this week:

The fetus is now about 2.5 inches (6cm) length and weighs about 0.7 ounce (20 g).
The feet are almost half an inch (1cm) long.
The fetus starts moving spontaneously.
The face is beginning to look like a baby's face.
The pancreas is functioning and producing insulin.
Fingernails and toenails appear.
The baby can suck his thumb, and get hiccups.
From this week you may well be able to hear the baby's heart beat through a doppler monitor on your tummy. You will notice that the rate is up to 160 a minute, double that of a normal adult.

Your baby now has a chin and a nose and a facial profile. Vocal chords are complete, and the baby can and does sometimes cry silently. The brain is fully formed, and the baby can also feel pain. The fetus may even suck his thumb. The eyelids now cover the eyes, and will remain shut until the seventh month to protect the delicate optical nerve fibers. The hair is on the head and the fingers and toes have developed soft nails. The kidneys are developed and begin to secrete urine.

Your baby weighs between 0.5 and 0.7 ounce (14 to 20g), and crown-to-rump length is almost 2.5 inches (63mm). Your baby's size has almost doubled in the past 3 weeks.

1st OB Appointment

Met with my new OB today, Dr. S! He is really nice and seems pretty laid back. He moved my due date back to Dec. 8th based on my LMP. I am betting it is going to continue to change though with the next u/s. He said I can resume aerobics as long as it's not high impact. Not sure when I will feel like going back to the aerobics class. I want to - but am afraid I won't be able to keep up like I used to..especially if I'm supposed to do the low-key version of it. So, for now, I will stick to the elliptical and weights.

Dr. S did an abdominal ultrasound (my first!). You couldn't see the baby nearly as well as with the other u/s. But, we did see the baby's heart beating and the Doc pointed out it's arm and leg and head. I couldn't make it out though. He said that I have a tilted uterus and that the baby was way back there so that is why the image wasn't that great. But, he said that he expects no problems from a tilted uterus - phew. He also continued my progesterone treatment for another two weeks. This time in pill form - hooray! I thought I was SO done with the progesterone - I stopped last night per Dr. R's recommendation. When Dr. S asked me if I would like to continue, I was glad he being cautious and thorough. In my head though, I was thinking OH NO (that was before I was offered the pill form). But of course, anything for Baby T. Just want him/her to be growing healthily!

Then, off to the lab we went and I had about 4 vials of blood drawn. The lab tech was amazing - the best one I'd seen in a long time. I didn't even feel her stick me. They're doing tests for like cystic fibrosis genes and other stuff. Got all sorts of booklets to read - looking forward to flipping through those tonight. My next appointment is in a month.

10 Weeks

I am 10 weeks today!! As Kristen told me today at work, Baby T is 25% cooked! :)

Developments this week:

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.[Source: Babycenter.com]


I found this amazing sonogram video online that shows a baby moving at 10 weeks..It's a must see! Go to: http://www.i-am-pregnant.com/pregnancy/calendar/week/10

9 Weeks

The most recent change in my due date makes me 9 weeks today! I love reading about how the baby is developing each week. I found this at www.baby2see.com...

The embryo has grown to measure 30 mm (1.2 inches) in length.
The fingers and toes are well defined. Cartilage and bones begin to form.
The upper lip as well as the nose tip is being formed.
The tongue begins to develop and the larynx is developing.
The eyelids are developed, although they stay closed for several months.
The main construction of the heart is complete.

During this week of pregnancy your baby is now swimming round in a little bag of fluid. The arms and legs have lengthened. They fingers and toes are forming, but are still joined by webs of skin. They can flex their elbows and wrists. They are growing eyelids as well as forming their anus. The embryo is protected by the amniotic sac that is filled with fluid. Inside the embryo swims and moves gracefully. The embryo is now about 1 inch long.

During this time of development, the baby's head appears much larger than the body because the brain is growing very rapidly. Brain waves can now be measured. The main construction of the heart is complete. Through its parchment thin skin, the baby's veins are clearly visible. During this week the ears, the teeth and the palate are continuing to form.