Midwife Appointment

11 weeks 0 days (LMP) 9 weeks 0 days (gestational)

weight: 104 pounds
waist: 27.5 inches

By this week, the crown-to-rump length of your baby is 1.75 to 2.4 inches (44 to 60 mm). Fetal weight is about 0.3 ounce or 8 grams. Your baby is about the size of a large lime. Fetal growth is rapid now. The crown-to-rump length of your baby doubles in the next three weeks. The head is almost half the baby's entire length. As the head extends (uncurls or tips backward toward the spine), the chin rises from the chest, and the neck develops and lengthens. Fingernails appear. External genitalia are beginning to show distinguishing features. Development of the fetus into a male or female is complete in another three weeks.

It sounds like it is going to be a busy couple of weeks for the firecracker. So much growing do be done. It is pretty cool that the baby is the size of a lime now. No wonder I feel so tired by the time evening hits. I don't think I have been awake past 7:30 in the evening in weeks at this point. In general I am feeling pretty good. I am having some funky eating issues ... not so much nausea but rather just nothing even remotely sounds appealing which makes me just not want to eat which in turn makes me feel pretty weak. I can also tell my blood volume must be starting to increase. My gums bleed a tiny bit during the night. This happened with Jaida also. I also have very light-headed moments when I stand or move to quickly.

We had a midwife appointment yesterday. We met with Susan who is very funny and nice. Everything is going along well. We signed all the consent forms, etc and gave those back to her. She wants me to fill out an eating log for a week to make sure I am getting enough dietary calcium and protein. I think I will do this in a couple of weeks when I am feeling a bit better and have a bit more well-balanced diet. :) She couldn't find the heartbeat with her doppler but she didn't try to hard since she knew we had already heard it with ours. I swear this baby is like houdini ... it moves around so much it makes it difficult to find that tiny little heart. I can now feel my uterus when I stand up but it still flops backwards when I lay down ... so Susan wasn't really able to feel it either. So all in all a pretty uneventful appointment. Susan did give me a nice list of books that I can get to start helping in preparing Jaida for what she will witness during labor and childbirth since she will be with us when we have the baby if she wants to.

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My pregnancy calendar says The ongoing process of baby's organ development is called organogenesis. Baby's hands are more developed than feet, and arms are longer than legs. Also, the baby's back straightens and everything continues to grow.

From Visembryo:

The following things are happening with the baby during the 10th and 11th weeks ...

Volume of amniotic fluid at this point is approximately 1.5 ounces (50 ml)

Head

Brain structure of the fetus is complete and the brain mass increases rapidly

Socket for all twenty teeth are formed in gums.

Face has human appearance (nasolacrimal groove, intermaxillary segment).

Separate folds of the mouth fuse to form the palate.

Early facial hair follicles begin to develop.

Thorax

Vocal cords form in larynx and fetus can make sounds.

Abdomen

Intestines have migrated into abdomen from the umbilical cord. Digestive tract muscles are functional and practice contraction.

Nutrient-extracting villi line the now folded intestines.

Liver start to secrete bile, a thick, brown-green liquid containing bile salts, bile pigments, cholesterol and inorganic salts. The bile is stored in the gall bladder.

Development of thyroid, pancreas and gall bladder is complete. Pancreas starts to produce insulin.

Pelvis

Genitalia begin to show female characteristics (labium minus, urogenital groove, labium majoris) and male characteristics (glans penis, urethral groove, scrotum). Neither male nor female genitalia are fully formed.

Limbs

Fingernails begin to grow from nail beds.

Skin & Muscle

Fetus develops reflexes and the skin is very sensitive.