We won't go to the doctor again until Mid-February---but here's what's going on with baby!
This week's major developments:
The nose, mouth, and ears that you'll spend so much time kissing in eight months are beginning to take shape. If you could see into your uterus, you'd find an oversize head and dark spots where your baby's eyes and nostrils are starting to form. His emerging ears are marked by small depressions on the sides of the head, and his arms and legs by protruding buds. His heart is beating about 100 to 160 times a minute — almost twice as fast as yours — and blood is beginning to course through his body. His intestines are developing, and the bud of tissue that will give rise to his lungs has appeared. His pituitary gland is forming, as are the rest of his brain, muscles, and bones. Right now, your baby is a quarter of an inch long, about the size of a lentil bean.
How am I feeling?
Pretty good, overall--I'm feeling a bit like I did the first time, although I'm not nearly as tired as I was the first time around. I'm only about halfway through the 1st trimester though, so that could set in soon, for all I know! I haven't felt nauseous at all (which is AWESOME!)...since that usually sets in by now, I hope that I'm once again blessed with NO SICKNESS!
I have had dizziness with more frequency than last time. Not terrible, but definitely stops me in my tracks for a minute.
Emotional? Yes. A rollercoaster. I'm not sure how much is pregnancy related or how much is related to what is going on with our grandmas and grandpa... But, I'm sure that a crazy surge of hormones has a lot to do with it!
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