Baby Development
We are so excited to announce that a new baby Caldwell is joining our family! We heard the tiny heartbeat this morning and that was music to this Momma's ears!
Although I know a lot more this time around, I have still been interested to read about what is happening for this little peanut each week. I am about 10 weeks along and here's the description:
If you could take a peek inside your womb, you'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.
In other developments: Your baby's limbs can bend now. His hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over his heart, and his feet may be long enough to meet in front of his body. The outline of his spine is clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from his spinal cord. Your baby's forehead temporarily bulges with his developing brain and sits very high on his head, which measures half the length of his body. From crown to rump, he's about 1 1/4 inches long. In the coming weeks, your baby will again double in size — to nearly 3 inches.
With Sarah Graves I didn't know I was pregnant for a while, and an initial ultrasound determined that I was 5 weeks further along than originally thought. This time I knew pretty quickly that I was pregnant and have been following along with all the development from the beginning. This early part feels like it is taking a while, but I'm sure it will pass quickly.
Although I know a lot more this time around, I have still been interested to read about what is happening for this little peanut each week. I am about 10 weeks along and here's the description:
Though he's barely the size of a kumquat — a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, your baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature.
He's swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy.If you could take a peek inside your womb, you'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.
In other developments: Your baby's limbs can bend now. His hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over his heart, and his feet may be long enough to meet in front of his body. The outline of his spine is clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from his spinal cord. Your baby's forehead temporarily bulges with his developing brain and sits very high on his head, which measures half the length of his body. From crown to rump, he's about 1 1/4 inches long. In the coming weeks, your baby will again double in size — to nearly 3 inches.
With Sarah Graves I didn't know I was pregnant for a while, and an initial ultrasound determined that I was 5 weeks further along than originally thought. This time I knew pretty quickly that I was pregnant and have been following along with all the development from the beginning. This early part feels like it is taking a while, but I'm sure it will pass quickly.
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