Head to rump, your baby is about 5 1/2 inches long (about the length of a bell pepper) and he weighs almost 7 ounces. He's busy flexing his arms and legs — movements that you'll start noticing more and more in the weeks ahead. His blood vessels are visible through his thin skin, and his ears are now in their final position, although they're still standing out from his head a bit. A protective covering of myelin is beginning to form around his nerves, a process that will continue for a year after he's born. If you're having a girl, her uterus and fallopian tubes are formed and in place. If you're having a boy, his genitals are noticeable now, but he may hide them from you during an ultrasound.
How exciting! I'm glad that Nugget is moving around all over the place and I can't wait to start feeling the kicks and movements. I haven't felt anything yet, but I try to pay attention as much as I can to hopefully catch it! The update also said that during this trimester my body also will tend to have lower blood pressure and I can experience moments of lightheadedness or dizziness if I try to stand up too quick. I definitely think I've experienced that a couple of times already. I've found myself slowing down a lot these days and walking more carefully, using the hand rail on the stairs, etc. Definitely don't want to end up falling as I can be klutzy at times!
Joe and I worked on the nursery this weekend some. The closet in that room had been crammed to capacity with a bunch of stuff we had just stored in there when we first moved in. So we finally went through the closet and decided to get rid of a lot of stuff and move the rest of it to the attic, so now the closet is cleaned out and ready to put more stuff in!
I also went over to my mom's house on Sunday and we started going through her basement to look at all of the stuff she's kept from mine and my brother's childhood. I did bring back a load of stuff that I definitely want Nugget to have. The most prized out of all of those? A wooden rocking horse that my grandfather made for me when I was a child. It has gone through a lot in the last 30 some odd years but it is still in excellent shape and I love the thought of Nugget riding on it as well!
I am excited to go back and go through more stuff at my mom's and start getting our nursery set up. It's exciting to plan it out using new stuff that Joe and I pick out together but still adding in the memories from our own childhood as well. Oh I can't wait for Nugget to get here!!!!
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