Our baby's growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. That puts him at just over a pound. Since he's almost a foot long, he cuts a pretty lean figure at this point, but his body is filling out proportionally and he'll soon start to plump up. His brain is also growing quickly now, and his taste buds are continuing to develop. His lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help his air sacs inflate once he hits the outside world. His skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon. In the past few weeks, the top of the uterus has risen above my belly button and is now about the size of a soccer ball.
The baby is as long as an ear of corn.
What is new with us:
* We are psyched that January is coming to an end. It was filled with snow, snow, and more snow. We were both sick. Dwights car broke, our laptop broke, our car got towed, Dwight lost his wedding ring (yikes), and it just was a no good bad luck month... Yay for February!!!
* The doctor called us back about our 2nd second trimester ultrasound. The doctor could not see the whole heart again. All four chambers look good and everything that was seen looks healthy and great. The only problem is that one valve area of the heart has not been clear enough for viewing. We are being recommended to a cardio doctor in Manchester to do an ectocardiograph. This is basically another ultrasound that only focuses on the heart. We are very nervous and we are praying for our little dumpling. We know that things will most likely turn out fine but it gets you worried. It makes us realize how much we already love this little person that we don't know yet. Please send our little one your prayers that everything is healthy.
* I told the kindergarten class that I am having a baby. It was a lot of fun because they are very excited. Some of the questions were "Is it a boy or girl?".. "What are you naming it?".. "You should name it_____"... They loved sharing ideas for the baby name with me. :o)
Our baby's growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. That puts him at just over a pound. Since he's almost a foot long, he cuts a pretty lean figure at this point, but his body is filling out proportionally and he'll soon start to plump up. His brain is also growing quickly now, and his taste buds are continuing to develop. His lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help his air sacs inflate once he hits the outside world. His skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon. In the past few weeks, the top of the uterus has risen above my belly button and is now about the size of a soccer ball.
This second photo has a baby arm and hand. The face is hiding on the bottom right. Maybe our little one is putting its hands in the mouth?
This third photo is of the spine and head.
This last photo is a bit hard to figure out. But the baby has its head facing us and the head is on the bottom right almost upside down. It took me a while to get the picture deciphered but I now understand it :o)
Our first ultrasound was today!! The baby was kicking and moving all over the place!! It was so funny and amazing to see it moving and waving at us :o) We ended up having an hour long ultrasound because the tech couldn't get a good measurement that was needed. We got to see so much of our little pierogi!! The due date was a week off bringing us to May 21st. I am 12 weeks along instead of 13.. so we will just do week 13 again next week.. :o)
In this picture our baby just realized how funny mommy and daddy are and is laughing at us:
