Your astonishingly tiny baby has been hard at work growing as fast as possible—almost doubling in size in the past three weeks! Amazingly, you’re in for a repeat size doubling performance within the next three weeks! Your tiny champion still weighs less than a quarter of an ounce but has already completed the most critical stage of their development. Using Doppler technology, your doctor or gynecologist can let you hear their tiny rapid fetal heartbeats this week (145-165 beats per minute!). Chances for miscarriage are greatly reduced when the heartbeat can be detected, so take a sigh of relief if you’ve been needing one—it hasn’t been an easy ten weeks! What’s more, they’re getting ready to make their first baby poop! Your little one’s major organ systems are developing, including a functioning digestive tract capable of moving food all the way through their bowels. The final shiny gold star on their fetal behavior chart for the week: your little scrapper has already developed defense mechanisms to protect them on reflex!
As for me..
More good news for mom: the placenta has grown substantially in size and function and is now beginning to manage some of your child’s hormones, finally taking some of the hormonal burden off of you! Since the placenta has gradually taken over the hormone production for your baby, you should finally start to notice that much-awaited decrease in morning sickness symptoms. Like everything else, though, this is just a general guideline... if you have lingering effects for another couple of weeks, don’t fret (or fret, but don't blame us)—pregnancy is not a standardized procedure so much as an individual journey.
Moving on to other things.. Paul, Daniel, and I went to Great Falls again today. Paul bought some guitar strings, clothes, and I bought a fancy emory board that not only will file, but buff and shine as well! My last one was eaten by Duke and I’ve been looking for the same one ever since. I went to their Walmart to see if I could get an eye exam as well as glasses, but I guess every eye doctor in Montana is in some conference for the rest of the week.
On our way home we noticed a beaver walking down the highway! We don’t know where he came from. We took some pictures but I’ll have to post them later.
I love you all! Goodnight!
As for me..
More good news for mom: the placenta has grown substantially in size and function and is now beginning to manage some of your child’s hormones, finally taking some of the hormonal burden off of you! Since the placenta has gradually taken over the hormone production for your baby, you should finally start to notice that much-awaited decrease in morning sickness symptoms. Like everything else, though, this is just a general guideline... if you have lingering effects for another couple of weeks, don’t fret (or fret, but don't blame us)—pregnancy is not a standardized procedure so much as an individual journey.
Moving on to other things.. Paul, Daniel, and I went to Great Falls again today. Paul bought some guitar strings, clothes, and I bought a fancy emory board that not only will file, but buff and shine as well! My last one was eaten by Duke and I’ve been looking for the same one ever since. I went to their Walmart to see if I could get an eye exam as well as glasses, but I guess every eye doctor in Montana is in some conference for the rest of the week.
On our way home we noticed a beaver walking down the highway! We don’t know where he came from. We took some pictures but I’ll have to post them later.
I love you all! Goodnight!
2 people shared some ♥♥♥:
The energy you will feel in about 3 weeks will be amzing. All of a sudden you will just start getting all your energy back. It weird.
How fun to get to go to Great falls again. It is so fun when you get to do those fun little trips with your husband.
Those are the sweetest little feet ever!
Mom N.
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