How your baby's growing: Your belly may soon be big enough to announce to the world that you're expecting, but your baby is still tiny. In fact, he's only about 3 inches long crown to rump — roughly the size of a jumbo shrimp — and weighs just about an ounce. Despite the small proportions, there's a fully formed baby inside your womb now. Much more proportional than it was a few weeks ago, his head is now only about a third the size of his body. His tiny, unique fingerprints are already in place. His kidneys and urinary tract are functional, and he's starting to urinate out the amniotic fluid he's been swallowing. As you start your second trimester, most of your baby's critical development will be completed, and your odds of miscarriage will drop considerably.
Time to celebrate! This is the last week of your first trimester. Next week you'll be in your second trimester. That's great news for two reasons: One, your risk of miscarriage drops dramatically, and two, many women see early pregnancy symptoms, such as morning sickness, subside.
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Here I am at week 13. Not much to report since my exciting doctor's appointment. I feel pretty good on good points, but when I feel bad. I feel really bad. Like yesterday. I woke up with a headache, and went to bed with a headache. And then I felt really sick and queasy all day. That wasn't so nice.
Today, I feel pretty good. I am going to get some waxing, and a pedicure done to perk myself up a bit.
I feel most comfortable in mat clothing these days, and I am still nursing Caroline a couple of times a day. She doesn't want to give it up, and when I try not to feed her she hits me in the face, lifts up my top or puts her hands down my shirt! This is certainly a new experience for me. The others weaned so nicely, and here I am at almost 13 months of breastfeeding under my belt. That is the longest so far. Usually I feed for about 1 year. Except Cameron, my first born. I only fed him full time until 5 months, and quit by 6 months! I had a Millenium party to go to! I had to wean him...now I would not even consider doing that. My how I have changed.
Hopefully this morning sickness will leave in the next couple of weeks. Here is to hoping anyways.
I booked my 18 week ultrasound for July 3rd!
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