I can't believe it is already the middle of my 9th week! I feel great and the nauseosness has almost gone away completely. Here is what babycenter.com says about how our baby is developing:Your pregnancy: 9 weeks
How your baby's growing:Your new resident is nearly an inch long — about the size of a grape — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. She's starting to look more and more human. Her essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: Your baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do her tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. Your baby's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks. Her eyes are fully formed, but her eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. She has tiny earlobes, and her mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The placenta is developed enough now to take over most of the critical job of producing hormones. Now that your baby's basic physiology is in place, she's poised for rapid weight gain.
It says that our baby is nearly an inch long this week but the doctor said at our appointment last week that the baby was already an inch long. We know he/she will most likely be very tall so I guess he/she might already be a little longer than normal!
Simon and Ellie will be with us this weekend and we are taking them to the State Fair so I will try to post a few pictures. On a friend related note, congratulations to Ashley and Wes who are getting married in Kauai on Thursday. I am sad we could not make the trip but we are so happy for them!
Love,
Tiffany & Sean
