How your baby's growing:
The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, his toes will curl, his eye muscles will clench, and his mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you won't be able to feel it. His intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdominal cavity about now, and his kidneys will begin excreting urine into his bladder.Meanwhile, nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in your baby's brain, synapses are forming furiously. His face looks unquestionably human: His eyes have moved from the sides to the front of his head, and his ears are right where they should be. From crown to rump, your baby-to-be is just over 2 inches long (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce.
So this week is going very well. I'm completely back to normal with my appetite thank the Lord! My belly is definitely getting bigger, I can tell a huge difference between last week and this week. I will have to have Randy take a picture this week so I can show my growing baby bump! I am still in normal clothing thankfully:) I do wear maternity shirts occasionally though because they're more comfortable but I am still in my pre-pregnancy jeans. I think I will have to move to maternity clothes in the next two-three weeks. My next Doctor appointment is in two more weeks and I will then get to schedule my ultrasound to find out the sex of the baby!! I'm so excited about that!:)
