Thursday, March 31, 2011

A much needed update

On March 15th, Tim and I went to our 4th obgyn appointment. It was quite exciting! We got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time!! The heartbeat was at 150 bpm, and the nurse said it sounded healthy and strong. She was telling me to listen for something, but I had no idea what I  suppose to be listening for, so I just enjoyed the little gallop coming out of the speaker :)

The baby is definitly growing and my hips and legs can surely feel it. I have been trying to stretch and walk a lot. I'm sure it's helping, and it would be a lot worse if I wasn't doing that. I've missed a lot of church meetings and have sat around quite a bit, but try to get up and do housework, get out of the house, go visit people and spend time with Tim. At 14 weeks I'm still getting nauseous a lot and am extremely tired. Actually, I think it's gotten worse instead of better haha!

I learned some pretty interesting news the other day:

The Important Fetal Developments of a Baby
4 weeks - the fetal heart beings in beat
8 weeks - all body organs are formed
8-12 weeks - Fetal hert can be heard by doppler
16 weeks - Baby's sex can be seen. Athough thin, fetus look more like a baby (although I think my doctor's 
                  going to make me wait until 20 weeks to find out :( )
20 weeks - heartbeat can be heard with fetoscope. Mother feels movement. Baby develops a regular
                  schedule of sleeping, sucking, and kicking. Hands can grasp. Baby assumes a fave position. hair, 
                  eyebrows, and eyelashes present.
24 weeks - weighs 1 lb. 10 oz. More activity. Fetal respiratory movements begin.
28 weeks - eyes begin to open and close. Baby can breath. Surfactant formed that's needed for breathing at
                  birth. Baby's 2/3 final size.
32 weeks - Baby has fingernails and toenails. Baby appears less red and wrinkled.
38-40 weeks - Babys fills whole uterus. Baby gets antibodies from mother.

Maybe that isn't fun for you, but I love reading that stuff! Ok, I know some of you have asked for some belly pictures, so, here you go!

These 2 pictures are from when I was 12 weeks and 3 days
Oh yeah! little bump showing out.

My belly looks huge when I put my hand under it hahah

1 comment:

  1. You look very happy and beautiful as always!

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