Our wee baby is approx an inch and a half long now, about the size of a kumquat or walnut or strawberry! What sounds cuter? Baby Kumquat or Baby Walnut or Baby Strawberry? lol
As of yesterday, I been feeling less tired! I been getting out walking everyday and that is helping me cope with the fatigue and the feelings of loneliness. I have been so lonely! Pat comes home and I practically pounce on him, “how was your day? You want a snack? Wanna go for a walk? Lets go buy a watermelon! Lets check the mail together! Wanna help me cook dinner? Lets clean the closet!” and it goes on and on ~ poor guy, he works so hard and here I am being barefoot and pregnant… I wish I had the cash for my next computer class, but I think I should hold off and save for the little Walnut!
Here are a few interesting facts about the baby taken directly from 3dpregnancy.com
By the end of Week 10, your baby graduates from embryo to fetus, which literally means “little one.” It also translates to “I’m just going to keep getting bigger and bigger and so are you!” Other highlights this week:
Your baby has finally morphed from a little tadpole into, well, a baby. Not only is the face more human-like, but that unflattering “tail” (really just the developing spinal cord) has disappeared, fusing into the spinal column.
Your baby now has discernible fingers and toes, which will explain the steady stream of kicks and punches you’ll feel down the line.
Junior’s skeleton is starting to grow and harden. The ears are beginning to take shape and the eyelids are no longer transparent. Tooth buds are forming, although your baby won’t get any teeth until six or seven (or eight or nine or 10) months after birth.
Baby’s brain will make an incredible 25,000 new neurons every minute this week. While you may feel like you’re losing as many as he’s gaining, we can assure you it’s not permanent. “Pregnancy brain,” like nausea and bloating, is a temporary symptom that soon shall pass. (And then you’ll get “Mommy brain,” but we won’t go there now.)
If you’re baby is a boy, he’s started producing that macho hormone testosterone. And whether your baby is a boy or a girl, the kidneys are creating copious amounts of urine. Lucky for you, you won’t have to change a diaper for another 30 weeks.
Baby weighs only 4 grams and measures 1½ inches, about the size of a mondo Brazil nut.
wow wee man! crazy! I love this wee baby!
I think I’ll start taking weekly pictures to track, share and remember this remarkable miracle in the making…
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