We are finally wrapping up the First Trimester! Woohoo! :D Here's the lowdown on what's going on with our baby:
The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Our baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, toes will curl, eye muscles will clench, and mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if I were to prod my abdomen, our baby would squirm in response, although I wouldn't be able to feel it. Nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in our baby's brain, synapses are forming furiously. Our baby's eyes have moved from the sides to the front of the head, and ears are right where they should be. From crown to rump, our baby is just over 2 inches long (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce.
And here's what's happening on the 'outside:' We had our first appointment with the midwife on Monday!!! That was exciting! Things are looking good so far. I was very happy to finally meet my midwife, and we even got to hear our baby's heartbeat!!! That was indescribably amazing! :) I've been encouraged by how much better I've started to feel over the last couple of days. I feel like my energy level is coming back up (at least I don't feel like I'm in a fog all the time!) and more and more often, my hunger is not accompanied by nausea. Hooray! :) It was getting really old trying to find something to eat every two hours. :P I am not really 'showing' yet...well, at least not growing out of my clothes yet! But my tummy is definitely poking out now, and I am trying to remind myself that that's okay (although it's hard to be okay with it, since it just looks like I've been eating too many bowls of Bunny Tracks - Haha!)! But then tonight I was talking with a lady at church about pregnancy (she's had 8 kids), and she kept saying, "You're a very skinny lady." Hahaha! I was wearing a jacket, so my tummy was hidden - heehee! But, I'll take whatever encouragement I can get! If there's still someone out there that thinks I'm a 'skinny lady,' I'll just store that up and play it back in my mind tomorrow when I'm once again trying to find something to wear to work that hides my tummy! ;) So, things are going well. I'm still enjoying being pregnant, and even bought my first maternity clothes while I was shopping with my Mom & sisters last weekend (but they are summery things...I won't be wearing them anytime soon!). AND, we get to have an ultrasound on Friday to verify our due date!!! Wahoo!! So, no picture with this update, because hopefully I'll be posting some of our real baby in a couple days! :D
4 comments:
Very exciting! I can't wait to see those pictures! So glad you are feeling better.
So I remember those days very vividly. And people would say that I wasn't showing at all when I thought my stomach felt so big to me. Its just becuase you're not used to it. Even now I feel huge, but everyone always says different things. I had a dream last night that my stomach was so so big, and on the under side of my belly it was awful awful stretch marks and really dried out and flabby and it looked terrible. I woke up and had to make sure that hadn't happened yet. :-) The other thing I do not want to happen is my belly button to poke out, and it is almost there I think. I don't let Richard touch it and I don't touch it for fear of making it pop out faster. :-) Oh, funny things about us first time pregnant people. :-) Just thought this little comment would make you smile. :)
i am SO excited to hear how things go tomorrow jennifer!!!!!!!!!!!:) that was a great post, i had a lot of fun shopping for maternity stuff with you - you are going to be the cutest little pregnant lady EVER! love you lots! xo
Jessica, your comment made me laugh so hard!! Thank you for sharing your dream! :D Love ya!
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