8 weeks gestation
The two peas are 8 weeks this week: Hubby asked this weekend and again this morning, about the gender, what my feelings were: My gut is telling me 2 boys! My heart wants a boy & a girl, my soul says whatever He blesses us with.
How your babies are growing: babies are now 5/8 of an inch long, about the size of kidney bean(s). They are constantly moving and shifting, although you won't be able to feel these womb wiggles for several weeks yet. Their embryonic tails are disappearing, and their eyelids practically cover their eyes. Still slightly webbed, their fingers and toes are growing longer. Their arms have lengthened, too, and their hands are now flexed at the wrist and meet over her heart. Their knee joints have formed, and their feet may be long enough to meet in front of their body. With their trunk straightening out, the head is more erect. Breathing tubes extend from the throat to the branches of their developing lungs. The nerve cells in the brain are also branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways. Though you may be daydreaming about your baby as one gender or another, the external genitals still haven't developed enough to reveal whether you're having a boy or a girl. (Taken from Baby Center -fetal development with edits to the plural)
Mommy: Extreme nausea & fatigue; Slight weight gain of 1-2 lbs. although could be attributed to this weekends birthday party feast & football game junk food. Friday the nurse called to change my progesterone/estrogen prescription to 1 pill/1 patch. Going in this morning for more bloodwork. This decrease in preparaion for the placenta(s) to take over production of these hormones, which should start to happen in about 2-3 weeks.
Daddy: Sympathetic pregnancy symptoms; still curious (almost nervous) about how we're going to handle two.
This Thursday starts Autumn, my favorite season of the year. Hopefully some of this heat will subside, as we've had record heat this week *100 degrees or more*
How your babies are growing: babies are now 5/8 of an inch long, about the size of kidney bean(s). They are constantly moving and shifting, although you won't be able to feel these womb wiggles for several weeks yet. Their embryonic tails are disappearing, and their eyelids practically cover their eyes. Still slightly webbed, their fingers and toes are growing longer. Their arms have lengthened, too, and their hands are now flexed at the wrist and meet over her heart. Their knee joints have formed, and their feet may be long enough to meet in front of their body. With their trunk straightening out, the head is more erect. Breathing tubes extend from the throat to the branches of their developing lungs. The nerve cells in the brain are also branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways. Though you may be daydreaming about your baby as one gender or another, the external genitals still haven't developed enough to reveal whether you're having a boy or a girl. (Taken from Baby Center -fetal development with edits to the plural)
Mommy: Extreme nausea & fatigue; Slight weight gain of 1-2 lbs. although could be attributed to this weekends birthday party feast & football game junk food. Friday the nurse called to change my progesterone/estrogen prescription to 1 pill/1 patch. Going in this morning for more bloodwork. This decrease in preparaion for the placenta(s) to take over production of these hormones, which should start to happen in about 2-3 weeks.
Daddy: Sympathetic pregnancy symptoms; still curious (almost nervous) about how we're going to handle two.
This Thursday starts Autumn, my favorite season of the year. Hopefully some of this heat will subside, as we've had record heat this week *100 degrees or more*
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