Week 10: The Prune

Highlights this week: Baby has arm joints, and the cartilage and bones are forming. Small indentations on the legs are developing into knees and ankles. But the arms are about the size of this:1
Vital organs are fully developed and starting to function.
Fingernails and hair are starting to appear.
The baby's swallowing and kicking in there.
The tooth bud fairy is making her appearance this week, forming under the gums.
The baby's stomach is producing digestive juices, the kidneys are producing larger quantities of urine, and if the baby's a boy, he's already producing testosterone!

To save time in the morning figuring out what to wear (and to spare me from accidentally teaching in uncomfortable clothes), I went through my closet today and put away all my skinny clothes. My friend who just had a baby girl is shipping me a box of her maternity clothes to borrow until she is ready for baby No. 2. I've gained 10 pounds so far!! I'm hoping this won't be a pound a week thing; there are 40 weeks in a pregnancy! I am ravenous all the time. Craving watermelon and grapes. I love protein. Splurged on scrambled eggs and bacon twice this week. But all from the farmers market and oh so yummy.
Next week the baby fruit size starts to get into much bigger fruits. Up next: the lime!!