Baby movements

9 weeks 6 days (LMP) 7 weeks 6 days (gestational) 55 dpo

I felt the first definite baby flutters on Saturday evening (9wks3dys) ... twice. I have felt more every day since then a couple of times a day. It is pretty neat. They are very soft little brushing feelings and a few little nudges. We still haven't found the baby's heartbeat with our doppler but we can hear the baby moving around. Jaida however LOVES listening to her heart with the doppler ... at least it is being used for something. The nausea is pretty much gone at this point and is quickly being replaced by intense hunger all the time.

Our new sleep number bed arrived and was set-up yesterday. It is big and extremely comfortable. I had a pretty good nights sleep except for the intense belly ache from sucking down a HUGE Jamaican burger last night for dinner. The tums really didn't help much with this one. :) We had our first snowfall of the season last night and ended up with about 5 inches of really pretty and very wet snow. It stuck to EVERYTHING ... the yard looked like a winter wonderland this morning.

My pregnancy journal says baby's brain can be seen in fetal photography. Intestines have formed outside the baby (on the umbilical cord) because they can't fit inside yet. Baby weighs 0.07 ounces or 2 grams and is about 0.9 inches or 2.3 cm in length and looks something like the picture to the left. Kidneys become functional and baby urinates into amnicotic fluid. Sex organs begin to develop.


From Visembryo:

Heart Development Ends

Head

Head developing the fissures characteristics of humans. Eyelids and external ear more developed and the upper lip fully formed.

The brain can move muscles.

Thorax

The critical period of heart development ends. It will continue to develop, but not at such a quick pace.

Pelvis

In female embryos, the clitoris is beginning to form.

The penis will develop from the same tissue.

Limbs

Primary ossification centers appear in the long bones, directing the replacement of cartilage by bone. This process usually begins in the upper limbs. Fingers overlap those of opposite hand, and the digits of the fingers fully separate.

Feet lengthen and become more defined.

Spine, Skeleton, and Muscles

The stubby tail is still present, but much smaller.