Week 12: Lime

Hey everyone … here's a bit of info I cut and pasted from www.babycenter.com for you all ...

How your baby's growing: The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, his toes will curl, his eye muscles will clench, and his mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you won't be able to feel it. His intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdominal cavity about now, and his kidneys will begin excreting urine into his bladder.


Meanwhile, nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in your baby's brain, synapses are forming furiously. His face looks unquestionably human: His eyes have moved from the sides to the front of his head, and his ears are right where they should be. From crown to rump, your baby-to-be is just over 2 inches long (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce.

For me … dizziness is getting a little more prevalent. Even standing up from squatting at the games. I’m learning to go slower so not to worry!! Still have a bit of nausea at times and energy is coming back but still not to full strength. I’m noticing what other ladies have called the “pot belly” above the very small baby bump. This occurs because your intestines and other organs are being moved upwards by your growing uterus and fetus. It’s your body’s way of making space for the baby to comfortably grow. So this makes women just look “fat” at the beginning of pregnancy … there is no such thing as standing up straight and sucking it in to make it go away. The very bottom of the belly is getting harder (firm to the touch) … that’s where the baby is. As a woman it’s CRAZY to see my body change the way it has. My pants are getting tighter ONLY at my waist and not everywhere else like they would if I just getting heavier. So it’s a bid odd. Fortunately I have some looser pants for work but I think I’ll be in the maternity slacks I bought with the Mom’s soon enough; just to be a bit more comfortable.

Our Christmas tree is up!!! We’ll work on some outside lights this week. Mike is making plans to go skiing (he can’t wait) and we’re still trying to figure out our Christmas cards. Hope everyone’s first few days of December are starting out well … snow in the East Bay this morning … snow on the Livermore hills we can see from our home … and more weather on its way to the Bay.