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