Showing posts with label pregnancy blog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pregnancy blog. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 56

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210 Days To Go

The head now looks rounded. The eyelids are beginning to unite, and the eyes appear half closed. The fingers and toes are separated. By today, the thin layer of ectoderm that has covered the baby has been replaced by a layer of rather flattened cells, which will become the surface layer of the baby's skin. The intestines have begun their migration, but are still primarily located in the umbilical cord. The baby's sex still can't be identified by looking at the external genitals. The tail has disappeared. The baby measures 1 inch long (25.4mm) and weighs about .04-.11 ounces (1-3 grams).

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 55

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211 Days To Go

Over the next two days, if we will be having a boy, the scrotum will begin to swell (the scrotum is an outpocket of the abdominal wall that houses the testes). The baby is .91 to 1.10 inches (23-28mm) long.

Monday, May 11, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 54

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212 Days To Go

The baby's eyelids are more developed now, and the tongue is fully formed. Today, the external ears will complete their development. The baby's toes are unwebbed and appear longer.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 53

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213 Days To Go

Today the baby measures between .87 and .94 inches (22-24mm) in length, four times as long as it was just one month ago. If you experienced a comparable growth rate, within a month from now you would have to duck to stand in a room with a twenty foot ceiling.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 52

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214 Days To Go

By today or tomorrow, the external ears will be completely developed. The bones of the palate are beginning to fuse and the taste buds are beginning to form on the surface of the baby's tongue. The feet are fan-shaped and the toes are webbed. The baby measures .71-.79 inches (18-22mm) from crown to rump.

Friday, May 8, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 51

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215 Days To Go

The retina of the eye is now fully pigmented. The baby's arms are longer and now bend at the elbow. The fingers and thumb are still short and webbed. Notches, or grooves, have formed between the toes on the foot plate. The baby's tail is still visible but is stubby.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 50

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216 Days To Go

The surface of the baby's brain is now beginning to develop the rounds and fissures characteristic of humans. The upper lip is fully formed. Primary ossification centers are appearing in the long bones. These centers direct the replacement of cartilage by bone. The ossification process always starts in the upper arms, where the first true bone cells will replace the cartilage. If our baby is a girl, the clitoris is beginning to form from the same tissue that the penis, if a boy, will develop from. By this time, the critical period for the baby's heart development has ended. The heart will continue to grow and develop, but not at such a fast pace.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 49

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217 Days To Go

Over the next three days, the baby's arms will lengthen somewhat and begin bending at the elbow. The fingers and thumb have appeared, and are short and webbed with folds of skin in between.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 48

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218 Days To Go

The structure of the baby's eye is now well developed (it's not mature enough to do any visual processing yet though). Over the next three days, the tongue will begin to develop. Distinct grooves are formed between the digital rays of the hands. The intestines are beginning to migrate from the umbilical cord (where they were originally formed) into the body cavity. The external ears are set low on the baby's head. As development proceeds, structures literally get pulled from one location to another. The baby's ears will not stay low set - unless that is a family trait (I don't think mine are). They will be pulled to their normal position as the head grows in size and shape. Likewise, the eyes, although well formed, are located on the sides of the baby's head, much like a rabbit, but they too will migrate forward as head development continues. The baby now measures between .62 - .71 inches long (16-18 mm) and weighs about .033 ounces (.94 grams).

Monday, May 4, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 47

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219 Days To Go

By today, the baby's eyelids have begun to form. Over the next two days or so, the baby's basic body proportions will change. The trunk will begin to elongate and straighten.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 46

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220 Days To Go

The nasal openings and the tip of the baby's nose are formed. By today, the elbow region is clearly visible. Also, by today, the toe rays have appeared on each foot plate. The skin on the foot plate folds down between the future toes, distinguishing each from the other.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 45

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221 Days To Go

In the next couple of days, the baby's nipples will become visible. During this week, the baby will begin to make spontaneous movements, as the connection improves between its brain and its tiny muscles and nerves. My wife won't be able to feel any of these movements yet, because the baby is still so small, rarely comes into contact with the uterine wall, and the motions involve little actual force. The baby now measures between 1/2 and 2/3 inch (13-17 mm) in length.

Friday, May 1, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 44

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222 Days To Go

If any object touches the baby's head through the abdominal wall, the baby will turn away. Semicircular canals are beginning to form in the baby's inner ear that will sense balance and body position. The eyelids will begin to form over the next four days. The elbows will become visible in the next three days. By today, the indentations at the baby's knees and ankles are present. Over the next three days, the toe rays will appear. The critical period for the baby's leg development has ended. This means that the legs are now at their proper location and proportional size for this stage in development. Detail will be added (toes, joints, and toenails) in the time that remains.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 43

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223 Days To Go

Cartilage and bone are beginning to form in the baby's system. The ridges on the baby's hand plates are now well established. The gonads are forming and, over the next week or so, will become either testes or ovaries, depending on the sex of the baby (any guesses yet???) Over the next two days, indentations will form where the baby's knees and ankles will eventually develop.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 42

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224 Days To Go

The digital rays, or ridges of the hand plates, should be completed today. Nipples are beginning to form for both sexes. Within the heart, the trunk of the pulmonary artery (the blood vessel that sends blood to the lungs to become oxygenated) separates from the trunk of the aorta. The baby's kidneys are beginning to produce urine. Today, the critical period for the baby's arm development has ended. The arms are now at their proper location and proportional size for this stage in development. The only task left is to complete the development of the hands.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 41

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225 Days To Go

Because of all the rapid development, the baby's head is now much larger that its trunk. Over the next two days, the neck and trunk will begin to straighten (remember, prior to this point the embryonic baby has been shaped like the letter C). Also, within the next two days, the hand plates will develop ridges indicating where the baby's fingers and thumb will be. As the process of forming the digital rays (ridges) continues, the baby's hands will look like the shell of a scallop. The baby now measures nearly ½ inch long (11-14mm). It is so small it would fit into a walnut shell and it weighs less than a book of matches.

Monday, April 27, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 40

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226 Days To Go

The palate continues to develop. The jaw and facial muscles are beginning to form. The baby teeth are developing beneath the baby's gums. The baby's heart begins its separation into four chambers. By this time the heart's energy output is 20% that of an adult. The diaphragm is forming as well (this is a piece of tissue that separates the chest cavity from the abdomen).

Sunday, April 26, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 39

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227 Days To Go

By tomorrow, the baby's lower limb paddles will have developed foot plates and pigment will be present in the retina of the baby's eye.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 38

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228 Days To Go

Swellings are developing where the external ears will eventually be. The upper lip is beginning to form. The intestines are beginning to form within the umbilical cord. They will migrate into the abdomen when the baby's body is big enough to hold them. Primitive germ cells are arriving at the genital area. These cells will respond to genetic instructions to develop into either female or male structures.

Friday, April 24, 2009

My Wife Is Pregnant - Day 37

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229 Days To Go

The pituitary, or master gland, is beginning to form in the baby's brain. This gland produces growth hormone and other hormones that regulate the function of other glands, especially the thyroid, adrenal glands, and gonads (later to be ovaries or testes - still taking guesses for the baby's sex). The olfactory bulb (connected with the sense of smell) is also beginning to form in the brain. During the next four days, pigment will begin to form in the retina of the eye and the lower limb paddles will develop foot plates. The windpipe (trachea), voice box (larynx), and bronchi (tubes that lead to the lungs) are beginning to form. The baby now measures .3 to .43 inch long (8-11mm), having doubled in length in just eight short days!