Dear Baby Thompson,
You sure did make your Mommy smile when she saw you on an ultrasound last Sunday with a strong heartbeat of 125 at 6w4d!!!! (see earlier post)... According to babycenter.com, this week your hands and feet are emerging from developing arms and legs — although they look more like paddles at this point than the tiny, pudgy extremities I'm daydreaming about holding and tickling! Technically, you are still considered an embryo with a small tail, which is an extension of your tailbone. The tail will disappear within a few weeks, but that's the only thing getting smaller. You have doubled in size since last week and now measure half an inch long, about the size of a blueberry or a bean.
You now have eyelid folds partially covering your eyes, which already have some color. You also have a tiny nose with tiny veins beneath parchment-thin skin. Both hemispheres of your brain are growing, and your liver is churning out red blood cells until your bone marrow forms and takes over this role. You also has an appendix and a pancreas, which will eventually produce the hormone insulin to aid in digestion. A loop in your growing intestines is bulging into your umbilical cord, which now has distinct blood vessels to carry oxygen and nutrients to and from your tiny body!
Mommy told me that she sees a change in her belly button already....probably due to the fact that her uterus has doubled in size because of your fast growth spurts! But she isn't complaining!
Mommy has had an increase in the nausea department! The last few days, she has been having a hard time keeping down her meals. She is not sick 24/7, but the food just doesn't like to stay down! Another new symptom is a change in Mommy's breasts. They are full, sore and her nipples are darker. ....Just like they did when she was pregnant with your sister. Speaking of Gracyn, she says the cutest things (wish I could share on her blog....but you are still our sweet secret)..... She reminds Mommy that she is pregnant and not to pick her up.....she is a big girl and will do it herself!
We love you very much! MiMi
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