February 25, 2008
Things are going well and I am starting to feel better. I am not quite as tired and drained as I was a few weeks ago. I am thinking I may have felt the baby move for the first time on early Sunday morning at work! I was hunched over at a desk working on a chart when I felt this little thump as if to say "Hey! Sit up straight I don't have enough room in here!" I felt it again last night just before we went to bed. It feels sort of like a piece of popcorn popping! We head back to the doctor in about 1 1/2 weeks.
Here is the latest in what is going on in there: The baby now measures about 4 inches long, crown to rump, and weighs in at about 2 1/2 ounces (about the size of an apple). She's busy moving amniotic fluid through her nose and upper respiratory tract, which helps the primitive air sacs in her lungs begin to develop. Her legs are growing longer than her arms now, and she can move all of her joints and limbs. Although her eyelids are still fused shut, she can sense light. If you shine a flashlight at your tummy, for instance, she's likely to move away from the beam. There's not much for your baby to taste at this point, but she is forming taste buds.
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