And this week brings … the bubble’s noggin, complete with mouth, nose and ears! Plus … the beginnings of limbs! Yay! My dear little 1/4″ long, size of a blueberry bubble, I love you! (Magnum, the reference to the blueberry totally makes me think of you! XOXOXO, my boys!)
from me …
The only way I can describe this is like the day after the flu. You know just what I mean. You feel like you want to eat, but can’t (Or just don’t have the energy to care!). You still feel somewhat sick, but not bad enough to be sick. You want to do normal things, but just don’t have the energy to even get up. I’m managing better today, but the past 4 or 5 days were tough. Oh, the joy! After a crazy day yesterday, I came home and thought I might actually watch all of RENT. Yeah, right! I fell asleep after about 45 minutes and slept for 13 hours! Oh my!
And let’s not forget the super cute cartoon series. Yippee!
from ivillage …
I’ve given up on them. Their website has too many popup ads and ends up driving me crazy. Besides, it rarely works on either of my Macs. Argh.
from babycenter …
Your pregnancy: 6 weeks
How your baby’s growing:
This week’s major developments: The nose, mouth, and ears that you’ll spend so much time kissing in eight months are beginning to take shape. If you could see into your uterus, you’d find an oversize head and dark spots where your baby’s eyes and nostrils are starting to form. His emerging ears are marked by small depressions on the sides of the head, and his arms and legs by protruding buds. His heart is beating about 100 to 160 times a minute — almost twice as fast as yours — and blood is beginning to course through his body. His intestines are developing, and the bud of tissue that will give rise to his lungs has appeared. His pituitary gland is forming, as are the rest of his brain, muscles, and bones. Right now, your baby is a quarter of an inch long, about the size of a lentil bean.
from whattoexpect …
Week 7 of Pregnancy: Your Baby’s Limbs Develop
How does your baby grow? Pretty fast, actually. At seven weeks pregnant, your baby’s length is approximately a quarter of an inch — the size of a blueberry. Sounds pretty tiny still? Consider this for a little perspective: Your baby is 10,000 times bigger now than it was at conception a month ago.
The biggest fetal growth this week is your baby’s head (the better to store all those smarts in), with new brain cells being generated at the rate of 100 cells per minute. How’s that for a budding genius?
And talking about buds, your baby is going out on a limb this week as his or her arm and leg buds begin to sprout and grow longer (and stronger), dividing into hand, arm, and shoulder segments — and leg, knee, and foot segments (though the limb buds look more like paddles than hands or feet at this early stage).
Also forming this week are your baby’s mouth and tongue. And although your embryo is just one month old, it’s already gone through three sets of kidneys. The ones in place now are the permanent set and are poised to begin their important work of waste management. In about a week, your baby will start producing urine. Lucky for you, there’s no need for diapers (yet). As your baby matures inside you, much of that urine will be excreted into the amniotic fluid, swallowed again by your baby, and then excreted again in a continuous cycle.
