Thursday, July 26, 2007

13 Weeks (July 20 - 26)

I'm still not showing and sometimes I wonder if I'm really pregnant, lol! This is my 3rd child for goodness' sake. They say you show a lot faster after the first time. I guess they're wrong. Anyway, for a few weeks now I have pampered myself by doing a weekly manicure/pedicure. It's really cool! I've noticed that my nausea isn't as bad anymore but I still love to sleep. This week I really loved pears, the crunchy ones. I'm glad I found a fruit I could eat now. Aiden is such a competition though, lol! He loves the pears as well. So, when he sees me eating some, he'd want his own too. He's my eating buddy, lol! I am trying to tell him there is a baby in mommy's belly and every time he sits next to me, he'd try to open my shirt and look at my tummy to check it out. Too cute! He gives me belly kisses, which are supposed to be for the baby. He's so sweet! I'm glad he's getting the idea although he really doesn't fully understand it yet.

How's my baby growing:

Your belly may soon be big enough to announce to the world that you're expecting, but your baby is still tiny. In fact, he's only about 3 inches long crown to rump — roughly the size of a jumbo shrimp — and weighs just about an ounce. Despite the small proportions, there's a fully formed baby inside your womb now. Much more proportional than it was a few weeks ago, his head is now only about a third the size of his body. His tiny, unique fingerprints are already in place. His kidneys and urinary tract are functional, and he's starting to urinate out the amniotic fluid he's been swallowing. As you start your second trimester, most of your baby's critical development will be completed, and your odds of miscarriage will drop considerably.