This week marks an important milestone in your development....VIABILITY outside of the womb with a lot of medical intervention. Please stay put for another 13 - 16 weeks!!!
You are growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. That puts you at around 1.5 to 2 pounds. Since you are almost a foot long (picture an ear of corn), you sport a pretty lean figure at this point, but your body is filling out proportionally and you'll soon start to plump up. Your brain is also growing quickly now, and your taste buds are continuing to develop. Your lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help your air sacs inflate once you hit the outside world. Your skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon.
Mommy's belly is changing fast! In the past few weeks, the top of her uterus has risen above her belly button and is now about the size of a soccer ball! WOW!!! Her belly button is officially an outtie! You are growing so big that Mommy has been having sciatica pain (has been for several weeks). She is also dealing with gestational diabetes again this pregnancy. She is on a strict 2000 calorie a day diet. Since she started dieting she lost a pound and her belly doesn't feel as full.... But sugars are still all over the place! :-(. The good side to this dieting.... 10 lbs gained since pre-pregnancy.
We love you,
Mimi
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