At this point of the pregnancy, our baby is approximately 4.3 to 4.6 inches long and weighs 2.8 ounces. Five and a half inches tall and only six ounces in weight, the child can grasp with his hands, kick, or even somersault.
At this time, our baby is holding their head erect. Because their muscles are developing, they can make some faces now. Our baby is able to squint, frown and open its mouth. There is enough calcium in the bones that they will show up on an x-ray. Our baby's fingernails are well formed now and the legs are longer than the arms. Because our baby is moving well now, we may begin to feel their movements!
This blog is dedicated to my beautiful baby girl, Anna Marie. From the day we found out we were expecting to her birth and all the way through her life. We are so excited and happy to share this time with you!!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Week 15 / Video
Welcome to Week 15!! I was able to find a really awesome video link of 3D animations of the growth and progress of our baby. You can click on the different time frames to get a visual. It is really cool!!! I'll put the link at the bottom of this weeks blog.
This week, our baby's crown-to-rump length is approximately 4 inches and he or she now weighs approximately 1.75 ounces. Our baby is close to the size of a softball.
Our baby is growing at an amazing rate and looking more like a human every day. Because our baby's skin is so thin, you are able to see blood vessels through the skin. Lanugo hair covers the baby's body, but it will be gone when our baby is born. The hair on the eyebrows and head continues to grow. Some babies are born with little or no hair and others have a head full of hair! Even though the eyes continue to move to the front of the face, they are still widely separated. Our baby's ears look like normal ears and continue to develop externally. The bones that have already formed continue to get harder and retain calcium. The baby is very mobile and flexible at this point. They can bend her arms at the elbows and wrists and can also make a fist with their hands.
Here is the link to the video site. Remember, we are on week 15.
http://www.babycenter.com/2_inside-pregnancy-weeks-1-to-9_10302602.bc?scid=dadspreg_20100420:3&pe=2UxlNdj
This week, our baby's crown-to-rump length is approximately 4 inches and he or she now weighs approximately 1.75 ounces. Our baby is close to the size of a softball.
Our baby is growing at an amazing rate and looking more like a human every day. Because our baby's skin is so thin, you are able to see blood vessels through the skin. Lanugo hair covers the baby's body, but it will be gone when our baby is born. The hair on the eyebrows and head continues to grow. Some babies are born with little or no hair and others have a head full of hair! Even though the eyes continue to move to the front of the face, they are still widely separated. Our baby's ears look like normal ears and continue to develop externally. The bones that have already formed continue to get harder and retain calcium. The baby is very mobile and flexible at this point. They can bend her arms at the elbows and wrists and can also make a fist with their hands.
Here is the link to the video site. Remember, we are on week 15.
http://www.babycenter.com/2_inside-pregnancy-weeks-1-to-9_10302602.bc?scid=dadspreg_20100420:3&pe=2UxlNdj
Monday, April 12, 2010
Week 14
Laura is now in her second trimester! Our baby's crown to rump length is about 3.2 to 4.5 inches long and he or she weighs approximately 1 ounce now. Our baby is about the size of the average fist.
At this time, our baby's face is becoming more developed. The cheeks and bridge of his nose appear and the ears move from the sides of the neck to much higher on the head. The eyes continue to come closer together. A big development from this week onward is the development of lanugo. Lanugo is the fine hair that grows over almost our entire baby. The hairs grow in whirled patterns that follow the grain of his or her skin. These patterns later give way to our baby's fingerprints. The lanugo will be shed before birth and replaced by thicker, coarser hairs. Our baby's thyroid gland has matured and starts to produce hormones. If our baby is a boy, the prostate will appear. And the ovaries descend from the abdomen into the pelvis in baby girls.
The embryo`s soft cartilage is now being replaced with ` real` chalk bones. Our baby has eyebrows, but no eyelashes. Fine, light hair also begins to grow.
At this time, our baby's face is becoming more developed. The cheeks and bridge of his nose appear and the ears move from the sides of the neck to much higher on the head. The eyes continue to come closer together. A big development from this week onward is the development of lanugo. Lanugo is the fine hair that grows over almost our entire baby. The hairs grow in whirled patterns that follow the grain of his or her skin. These patterns later give way to our baby's fingerprints. The lanugo will be shed before birth and replaced by thicker, coarser hairs. Our baby's thyroid gland has matured and starts to produce hormones. If our baby is a boy, the prostate will appear. And the ovaries descend from the abdomen into the pelvis in baby girls.
The embryo`s soft cartilage is now being replaced with ` real` chalk bones. Our baby has eyebrows, but no eyelashes. Fine, light hair also begins to grow.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Week 13
Well, this is a milestone week for Laura and the baby. This is the final week of the first tri-mester. With the first tri-mester being about rapid development, the second tri-mester is about growth. In this tri-mester, our baby will quadruple in size. What's going on in week 13? Well, the fingerprints have formed on our baby's tiny fingertips, their veins and organs are clearly visible through their still-thin skin, and their body is starting to catch up with their head — which makes up just a third of their body size now. Our baby is almost 3 inches long (the size of a medium shrimp) and weighs nearly an ounce.
Some other things that are taking place in Week 13:
**Bone is beginning to replace cartilage and the ribs are appearing.
**The nose and chin are well defined.
**Movements can be measured.
**The child will begin to learn to suck its thumb.
**The child can open and close its mouth.
**The external genitalia are well defined making it is possible to determine the
baby's gender.
Some other things that are taking place in Week 13:
**Bone is beginning to replace cartilage and the ribs are appearing.
**The nose and chin are well defined.
**Movements can be measured.
**The child will begin to learn to suck its thumb.
**The child can open and close its mouth.
**The external genitalia are well defined making it is possible to determine the
baby's gender.
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