i am now 16 weeks, but baby is only 14 weeks old. baby measures about 4-5 inches; from crown to rump, and weighs roughly 2-3 ounces... only. all this growing and the baby is still so little. baby's arms and legs are complete, and the joints are working. bones have formed and are getting harder and retaining calcium. (a process known as ossifying, i think.)
baby's nervous system is operating and the muscles are responding to stimulation from baby's brain, baby can coordinate movements, smart cookie! baby continues to be very active in "his" private space; rolling over, doing summersaults, and kicking. i sometimes feel fluttering sensations, thats baby moving!! because this isn't my first baby i can feel the movements once in awhile, because i don't remember feeling movements until later on, and i was much much rounder. if we wanted, we could now find out the baby's sex on an ultrasound scan. (to those of you who want to know, adam and i are not going to find out the sex of our baby. i know to some this is frustrating, but life doesn't have many natural surprises, we're going to take what we can get. just hope for an equally healthy baby!)
this is interesting to me, and maybe to those who read. for those who are equally interested: sundays are my week begining, so every sunday or monday, i'll let you know what baby is doing, and whats developing.
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Babies are lovely, aren't they? I remember when I was having babies, the ultrasound was not very clear. Not like today. So I bought a book with the tiny bit of money we had at the end of the week, and it had 3D pictures taken of every week during gestation. And it explained what was happening that week. The book was very dog eared by the enf of my pregnancies.
I know that I always felt very special carrying a baby around. Now you are very special! How will you explain all this to little Brooke though. Jenn tolerated Alia for about 2 weeks then asked me to take the baby back. LOL.
Mary
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