Tuesday, October 9, 2012

16 weeks: The avocado

Although I don't think that fruit size pertains to the Hawaiian Avocados, which are a good 6 pounds and the size of my head!

Yesterday I'm pretty sure I felt the baby move for the first time! They say it's a sensation like bubbles or flutters. A few days ago I thought maybe it was just digestion. But yesterday it was a very different sensation than digestion! More like a flutter of bubbly activity!

New development for baby: The opposable thumb is now working and can grab hold of things. Bone growth is spiking, yet many of the bones are not yet connected to one another. The umbilical cord is now firmly attached to the baby's abdomen. The baby is able to move its eyes, even with the lids fused together. The baby is as long as a pencil. Its heart is now pumping approx 25 quarts of blood every day. And the baby can now hear outside noises (like 50 hours of piano playing a week perhaps?)
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  1. BookwermeOctober 15, 2012 at 7:17 PM

    Baby will remember the music. I heard of a man who couldn't figure out why a certain piece was so familiar...turned out that his mother practiced that piece extensively during the pregnancy as she prepared for a concert...and the cello or whatever it was was right up against the abdomen..so baby got an earful...a lot!

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  2. BookwermeOctober 15, 2012 at 7:18 PM

    Also...enjoy the flutters...by the end of the pregnancy, he/she may be rocking and rolling in there! It won't feel like flutters then.

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  3. BookwermeNovember 30, 2012 at 5:00 PM

    Yoo HOO!!!!! Missing YOU!

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