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.