No groundbreaking news this week-- just plugging along as usual. Scott is in Denver at the AAP meeting until Wednesday, so it's just me, Josie and the baby :) It might be "just us girls", or Josie and I could have a male present among us-- we just don't know yet! My next doctor's appointment is this Thursday, and hopefully we'll get to schedule the ultrasound for the end of October. I'm starting to get a little anxious to find out what it is so we can decide on a name and pick out bedding and fun things like that! I do wish Scott were here to do our weekly Sunday "read about the baby". I might just have to read it to him over the phone tonight.
My book says that the baby is 4 to 4 1/2 inches long now, weighs 1.75 ounces, and is about the size of a softball. I can feel my uterus a little higher up in my abdomen now, and finding things to wear is becomming a challenge. I guess I'll have to break down and start wearing maternity clothes in the next few weeks. The book also says that the baby now has fine hair covering its body, it's eyes are continuing to move toward the front and it may be sucking it's thumb now (I like that part). The outer ear is developing more and the baby's bones are getting harder and ossifying now. It says the baby's bones would now be visible on an x-ray.
We purchased our first baby item this weekend-- a glider rocker. My parents found it at a consigment store in Dallas and went and picked it up for us on Saturday. I'm looking forward to my trip to Canton this weekend with my mom and sister so maybe I can find a few decorative items for my house and of course for the nursery. Let the shopping begin!
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Shopping trip
My parents came in town to visit this weekend, partly for a late birthday visit. She cooked a birthday dinner for me complete with homemade apple pie. it was delicious! It was also just in time for my mom and I to go shopping together so i could get some maternity clothes. I have a few pairs of pants and several dresses/skirts that still fit (for now!) but I'm definately starting to outgrow many of my clothes! I got some cute pants that fit me now and will adjust as I get bigger, and then I also got some things that I won't need for a few more weeks. It was a lot of fun.
By now, the baby is 2 1/2 to 3 inches from head to bottom. At this point, all of the major structures and organs have at least begun to develop, so now they just continue growing and developing. In the coming week (week 13), the face will being looking more humanlike with eyes getting closer and ears moving to the correct spot. The intestines, which originally develop in a bulge outside the body, will move inside. By now the genatalia is developed enough that if the baby was examined outside the womb we could tell what sex it is. It will be at least another 6 weeks, however, before we get an ultrasound and find out.
By now, the baby is 2 1/2 to 3 inches from head to bottom. At this point, all of the major structures and organs have at least begun to develop, so now they just continue growing and developing. In the coming week (week 13), the face will being looking more humanlike with eyes getting closer and ears moving to the correct spot. The intestines, which originally develop in a bulge outside the body, will move inside. By now the genatalia is developed enough that if the baby was examined outside the womb we could tell what sex it is. It will be at least another 6 weeks, however, before we get an ultrasound and find out.
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