Monday, June 2, 2008

12 Weeks!!

WOOO HOOO!!! I am officially 12 weeks... in my 13th week... what a sense of relief!! I am also excited that I get to see our baby again on Wednesday, I have my NT scan then!! woo hoo!

I am still trying to figure out how to upload the heartbeat on to here... so if anyone knows, let me know!!

Here is what's happening in this 13th week:

Fingerprints have formed on your baby's tiny fingertips, her veins and organs are clearly visible through her still-thin skin, and her body is starting to catch up with her head — which makes up just a third of her body size now. If you're having a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries. Your baby's intestines are migrating from the umbilical cord into his or her abdomen. The liver begins to secrete bile and the pancreas is even secreting insulin! All twenty teeth have formed and are waiting under the gums, while your baby has begun to practice swallowing by taking in the surrounding amniotic fluid and pass it back in his urine. Your baby can smile and his vocal cords are quickly developing, too. He looks more and more human as his eyes move closer together and the ears are beginning to move to what will be their normal positions. The placenta and baby are about the same weight now. This week marks the end of the embryonic period. Most of the vital systems are developed now, and baby starts really growing, at times, growing as much as an inch this week.

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