My last week of the First Trimester!!! My pregnancy through the first trimester has been wonderful. Only minor nausea and no "all out" morning sickness (Emile wants me to state that the turkey burger he made for dinner once made me gag and we haven't had turkey burgers since), some moodiness (although Emile may think there's been more than that), a lot of stretching feelings in my abdomen, very tired especially the last week or so, and only the average weight gain for the first trimester. I've been keeping up with my 4.5 mile walks on the weekends and trying to get in either pilates or yoga once or twice during the week. We had three ultra sounds (one which you couldn't see as much detail in but could see our baby's heart beating away again). The best part of the first trimester was seeing and hearing our baby's heart beat for the first time and watching him/her turn around during out last ultra sound (NT scan).
At the end of the first trimester, our baby is now the size of a peach, and has started to resemble a baby with well formed fingers and toes! Our baby's vocal cords have begun to develop, and more and more of the organs are functioning every day. All twenty baby teeth are formed beneath the gums. Our baby's bone marrow, liver and spleen have taken over the production of red blood cells. Although our baby's intestines were originally formed inside the umbilical cord, they are now moving into the abdomen. Fuzzy hair is beginning to form on our baby's head and is white (unpigmented) right now.
There are a lot of great things coming up in the next trimester. We will be finding out the sex of our baby soon! At some point during this trimester, I'll really start showing with a "baby bump" and I'll begin feeling the baby move around and kick! We can't wait!
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