Week 12: Baby Hood is the size of a lime!

Week 12 Development: The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, his toes will curl, his eye muscles will clench, and his mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you won't be able to feel it. His intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdominal cavity about now, and his kidneys will begin excreting urine into his bladder. Meanwhile, nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in your baby's brain, synapses are forming furiously. His face looks unquestionably human: His eyes have moved from the sides to the front of his head, and his ears are right where they should be. From crown to rump, your baby-to-be is just over 2 inches long (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce.http://www.babycenter.com/6_your-pregnancy-12-weeks_1101.bc


What's life like at 12 weeks for the Hood's?: Finally feeling some relief from the morning sickness. Still not "sick free" but much better than previous weeks. PRAISE THE LORD! Things have been running smooth at the Hood house. We are beginning to talk about the rearrangement of our house. We've opted to put the computer in the guest bedroom so Baby Hood's nursery will be close to our room. We're on the hunt for new computer desk because we've got to do some downsizing. Adrian is a little bummed that he has to move his "man/sports cave," but it's the beginning of parental sacrifices. Check out the belly pic below. Not a bad little bump for a gal who's lost weight, huh?

March 13, 2013