This is what Baby's eyes look like this week. A little creepy, no?This week in Baby News:
Baby is now 10 weeks old. Sometime in the last week or two he/she officially became a fetus, but I (Kristi) hate that word, so I prefer to just call it a baby now. All of the major organs are formed at this point. Isn't that incredible?! The tail has disappeared, and the fingers and toes are fully separated. No more paddles! The bones of the skeleton are beginning to form, but they are made out of cartilage instead of calcified bone for now. Baby is anticipating eating steak later in life by forming teeth buds now. (Don't ask us what teeth buds are, we don't know). Ears are beginning to be distinguishable as ears on the outside, though Baby can't hear anything until about week 18. Baby's going to be a smart one; 250,000 new neurons are being produced in the brain every MINUTE! If Baby is a boy, his little testes will begin producing testosterone this week. Baby is about an inch long and weighs about 15 grams (0.3-0.5 ounces)!
Mom:
I made a mistake in my last posting. I haven't actually gained 3 pounds. I weighed myself again the following week and have actually only gained a pound and a half. I think the discrepancy is because I was wearing a heavy sweatshirt and heavy shoes the first time. So the current tally is 1.5 pounds. I apologize for lying on this blog. :)
Nothing much is new with me. Feeling about the same--some nausea but no puking. Really can't complain. I was reading online some journal entries from other pregnant women who are so miserable and every smell makes them sick. Praise the Lord that I am doing well! I have been praying that I would be able to make it through the first trimester and the fall school semester without being really sick and missing lots of class (or puking on Matt since he sits next to me!). Only one week of class left and then a welcome 2 week break. We have our first OB appointment next Tuesday (the 19th) where we will hopefully be able to hear the heartbeat! Baby's heart has been beating for a month now--WOW! We will post another entry after our appointment since I know you will all be eagerly waiting.
Dad:
So this week we went with some of our pregnant friends to a "childbirth collective" class. This is where you get together with about a dozen other pregnants and talk about how great it is giving birth in a rented water tub in your living room without any medication for pain control. Yikes. Now I'm not saying we dont align ourselves now and then with some of the crunchy hippy granola ways such as cloth diapering, breastfeeding, and homemade babyfood and baby wipes, but we draw the line at the practice of "tandem nursing" (nursing 2 non-twin kids at once). In fact, I think that if the kid is old enough to ask for it or start unbuttoning things, its gone too far.
Well, our landlord here in Duluth has officially been notified of our baby-to-be situation, and while he is happy for us it also means we will be looking for new place to live. The thick plaster walls in this old house are less soundproof than those Japenese paper walls and thus not condusive to certain baby noises. So if anyone knows of a cheap place to rent from June to October or so, or any of you fellow med students want us to take over your place when you move out in June, let us know! Our only requirements are 2 fireplaces, a 3 car garage, his and hers jacuzzi and full-time nanny services. If you could help us out it would be greatly appreaciated.
Heres a tidbit of interesting info we recently came across in our coursework: did you know that amniotic fluid is really just baby's pee? I know, gross.
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