Thursday, May 1, 2008

15 weeks....Baby looks like such a little person...


BUT IT HAS KENDALS BUTT!

Your baby's crown-to-rump length is approximately 4 inches and she now weighs approximately 1.75 ounces. Your baby is close to the size of a softball and you can easily tell that you are pregnant now! If you wear maternity clothes or a swimming suit, other people will be able to tell that you are pregnant also. You can probably feel your uterus about three to four inches below your bellybutton.


Your baby, 25 weeks to go.....

If you do not yet have a due date, your doctor can easily determine an accurate due date based on the measurement of your baby's head. This is done by an ultrasound examination. Your doctor will be discussing upcoming tests and procedures with you around this time that are able to diagnose or confirm birth defects and other abnormalities.

Your baby is growing at an amazing rate and looking more like a human every day. Because your baby's skin is so thin, you are able to see blood vessels through the skin. Lanugo hair covers your baby's body, but it will be gone when your baby is born. The hair on the eyebrows and head continues to grow. Some babies are born with little or no hair and others have a head full of hair! If you have an ultrasound at this point, you might be able to see your baby sucking its thumb. Even though the eyes continue to move to the front of the face, they are still widely separated. Your baby's ears look like normal ears and continue to develop externally. The bones that have already formed continue to get harder and retain calcium. The baby is very mobile and flexible at this point. She can bend her arms at the elbows and wrists and she can also make a fist with her hands.

3 comments:

Amy The Black said...

It's amazing that they have those pictures of a developing baby. I wish they'd compare it's size to something so we could see how truly tiny and fragile it is.

Mom Knows Everything said...

Wow, I have two kids and it still amazes me to see that.

Anonymous said...

This post reminds me that both my kiddos were born with minimal hair on their head. In fact my daughter had like 3 strands only at the top. It was hilarious!!

Stay happy and healthy! I'll be back often to visit:)