10 weeks
The baby is as big as a.....kumquat! How exciting!
That reference doesn't really do much for me...the description says that the baby is one inch long from head to booty - now that I understand. But I've looked up pictures of kumquats and they look bigger than that!
(Is is just me or does that thing look bigger than an inch? What are they measuring with anyway? Is that centimeters?) I've decided that I prefer Gnightgirl's guess that it would be a walnut this week...maybe we'll stick with that. Although, kumquat is fun to say!
How your baby's growing: Your baby is no longer an embryo! Though she's barely the size of a kumquat — just an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, she now has completed the most critical portion of her development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in her body rapidly grow and mature. Her vital organs — the liver, kidney, intestines, brain, and lungs — are now in place and starting to function (although they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy). Her liver continues to make blood cells, and the yolk sac, which previously supplied these cells, is no longer needed and begins to disappear. During the next three weeks, your baby's length will more than double to nearly 3 inches. Her head is proportionately smaller now than it was a few weeks ago, but it's still almost half the length of her entire body. Her forehead temporarily bulges with her developing brain and sits high on her head; it will later recede to give her a more human appearance. Each day, more minute details — including tiny fingernails, toenails, and peach-fuzz hair — start to appear on her body. Her fingers are now completely separated; her arms bend at the elbow and curve slightly; her hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over her heart; her legs are lengthening; and her feet may be long enough to meet in front of her body. She is busily swallowing amniotic fluid and kicking her legs. If you could take a peek at your baby this week, you'd be able to clearly see the outline of her spine through her parchment-thin skin. Spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from her spinal cord.
That reference doesn't really do much for me...the description says that the baby is one inch long from head to booty - now that I understand. But I've looked up pictures of kumquats and they look bigger than that!
(Is is just me or does that thing look bigger than an inch? What are they measuring with anyway? Is that centimeters?) I've decided that I prefer Gnightgirl's guess that it would be a walnut this week...maybe we'll stick with that. Although, kumquat is fun to say!
How your baby's growing: Your baby is no longer an embryo! Though she's barely the size of a kumquat — just an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, she now has completed the most critical portion of her development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in her body rapidly grow and mature. Her vital organs — the liver, kidney, intestines, brain, and lungs — are now in place and starting to function (although they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy). Her liver continues to make blood cells, and the yolk sac, which previously supplied these cells, is no longer needed and begins to disappear. During the next three weeks, your baby's length will more than double to nearly 3 inches. Her head is proportionately smaller now than it was a few weeks ago, but it's still almost half the length of her entire body. Her forehead temporarily bulges with her developing brain and sits high on her head; it will later recede to give her a more human appearance. Each day, more minute details — including tiny fingernails, toenails, and peach-fuzz hair — start to appear on her body. Her fingers are now completely separated; her arms bend at the elbow and curve slightly; her hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over her heart; her legs are lengthening; and her feet may be long enough to meet in front of her body. She is busily swallowing amniotic fluid and kicking her legs. If you could take a peek at your baby this week, you'd be able to clearly see the outline of her spine through her parchment-thin skin. Spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from her spinal cord.
posted by Momo at Friday, December 29, 2006
3 Comments:
those must be centimeters; a kumquat is about an inch long. They're extremely sour too. So don't go popping your baby into your mouth all willy nilly, it's very tart.
Kumquat??!! What is it with the food references!! Are they meant to make me hungry??!! or make you hungrier? lol...
How fast the weeks go by...just last week baby was the size of a grape...! now it's been upgraded to a walnut/kumquat!!
Have a great new years!!
Andrew just bought us - kumquats! They are the size of walnuts - maybe a tad smaller.
Can't wait till he/she is the size of an avocado :)
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