Just a little over an inch long there is no stopping our bebê’s development. The most critical body development is completed and a new phase referred to as the fetal period is just beginning.
Tissues and organs continue to grow and mature in more detail. In this phase tiny nails are being formed on the fingers and toes, no more webbed fingers! and a peach-fuzz like hair is growing over the skin. All major organs, although not fully developed, are in place and actually functioning. By next week the little peanut will double in size and just because he is still very tiny it does not prevent him from kicking up a storm inside his mama belly, and what a storm!
This week we had our first sonogram. What an amazing and emotional experience it was, maybe shocking would be the word to describe Duke’s expression as I recapture the moment. The moment the transducer was placed on my belly there he was, moving around, kicking his tiny legs and arms almost as if waving at us! It was just unbelievably amazing to see that we have this little life growing inside me. There are just no words to describe the feeling.
This week has been the toughest week so far, the morning sickness has been constant and on top of it I felt very indisposed. Duke as always has been amazing and one hundred and one percent in this with me. He’s been doing all the cooking and pretty much everything else around the house as I just don’t seem to find the energy to do it myself. What would I do without my baby?!?!!?!?
Little by little we organize ourselves in preparation for the big day; there are a lot of things to think about and important decisions to make such as the genetic screening, cord blood, circumcision, in case we have a boy. For now we have scheduled the birth classes at St. Joseph’s Women, which we’ll attend sometime later in march, maybe Paulinha and Gary will join us, so that will be kind of fun.
Until next update
Duke, Laura and the little Kumquat
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