Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Ten Weeks

You are still tired, and nauseated, hang on only a few more weeks for most of you! Your abdomen may begin to pooch out, but it will be more from bowel distension than the uterus. Your waistline is slowly disappearing! Remember to measure your waist and belly now! Comparing later can be a lot of fun!

The baby now enters its fetal period. The average size is approximately 27-35 mm crown to rump length (CRL), or 1.06-1.38 inches. S/he weighs in at 4 grams, or 4 paper clips. Tiny toes have formed. The eyes are largely open, but the eyelids are beginning to fuse, and will stay that way until 25-27 weeks. External genitalia is beginning to differentiate. External ears are completely formed, as well as the upper lip. The biggest accomplishment this week is the disappearance of the tail!

1 comment:

  1. heya,
    reading lots about delayed cord clamping, def. something I'm super interested in learning more about! I know you sent me stuff on it when i was prego and I talked it over with my midwife, but we didn't really discuss what would happen if the baby needed resusc, which resulted in immediate clamping. Interesting stuff!

    Hope you feel okay!
    xo

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