Look at those cute little fingers... Development:
Slightly more than two inches long now and weighing about a third of an ounce, your fetus is growing by leaps and bounds when you are 11 weeks pregnant. And so is his or her head, which is equal in length to the rest of the body (don't worry — all fetuses are top-heavy).
On the crown of that large head (and over the rest of the body), hair follicles are forming. Fingernail and toenail beds begin to develop this week and by next week, the nails themselves will start to grow (so don't forget to add a baby nail clipper to your to-buy list).
Your baby's body is straightening and his or her torso is lengthening (sounds like a yoga pose, doesn't it?). Other poses your baby can assume now: stretches, somersaults, and forward rolls. And while you can't tell this baby's gender by its cover yet, testes are developing if it's a boy and ovaries if it's a girl.
My experiences this week:
Really nothing is too new! So this is going to be a short and sweet posting (for a change). Tomorrow is my ultrasound and I am finding myself more excited than worried... so hopefully that is a good sign right? I am soooooo close to the second trimester then I think I will breath a bit better. I will be hitting that trimester on August 23 (we will be in Disney too so time should move faster!) We leave for Disney on Sunday so I won't be able to update probably for a couple of weeks but it will be nice and reassuring to see John A. tomorrow before we leave and then to hear him a couple of days after we get back! I will post tomorrow with *hopefully* great news and *hopefully* a picture! I don't know if they will give us another picture but I hope they do! Wish me luck please I am sure my nervousness will intensify ten-fold by 1:45 tomorrow! Thanks!
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