Time is ticking along! However, it is especially slow-going throughout the night, as I am finding myself emerging from bed, like a zombie, to go to the bathroom...every TWO hours.
I'm not even that pregnant yet! What is it going to be like when the baby is using my bladder as a punching bag?
Wait, don't answer that.
Okay, so at 13 weeks, here is what is happening!
As your first trimester comes to a close, your fetus (who seems to be working its way through the produce section) has reached the size of a peach, about 3 inches long. Your baby's head is now about half the size of his or her crown to rump length, but that cute little body is picking up steam and will continue growing overtime (at birth, your baby will be one-quarter head, three-quarters body). Meanwhile, your baby's intestines, which have been growing inside the umbilical cord, are now starting their trek to their permanent position in your baby's abdomen. Also developing this week: your baby's vocal cords (the better to cry with...soon!).
You can kind of see how my belly is starting to stick out. Believe me, it is a lot bigger than it was pre-pregnancy ~ about nine inches! But, I have only gained 4 pounds so far, so I am right on target for my weight gain. Let's hope it stays that way! I am always hungry, so I feel like I am eating like a horse. I can tell the baby is using a lot of the calories I'm taking in. Thank goodness for that!
We are baby-sitting baby Billie tonight and I'm teaching Stephen how to change his first diaper! Keep him in your big P's. Just kidding!
1 comment:
You look so beautiful Beth.
Can you e-mail me this picture? Blogger only lets me open up a larger version of the first picture posted and I didn't need a bigger picture of a peach :)
Love you honey.
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