Damn you Walter for mentioning peanut butter and jam sandwich. Been having exactly that for 10 days in a row now. Even bought a toaster especially for making peanut butter and jam sandwich at home.
FACT: Head to bottom, Klumpen is about 9 cm long and weighs about 45 gr. About the size of a lemon. Apparently her body is growing faster than her head, which now sits upon a more well-defined neck (which means the neck looks less than a rugby player’s neck *phew*). By the end of this week, her arms will have lengthened and will be in proportion to the rest of her body (well done! keep up the good work!). Her legs, however, still have some growing to do. She’s starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair all over her body and her liver starts secreting bile this week, a sign that it’s already functioning properly. She’s also producing and discharging urine into the amniotic fluid, a normal process that she’ll keep up until birth. Mommy still can’t feel the bub’s movement but her hands and feet (which are now 1.3 cm long oh so cute!) are more flexible and active. Thanks to brain impulses, her little facial muscles are getting a workout as she squints, frowns and grimace. She can grasp now, too, and she may be able to suck her thumb.
How mommy’s life is changing:
- No more nausea (never have one anyway), no more fatigue (darn! No more excuse to sleep in) and no more breast tenderness (yep, gone!)
- Make less trip to the bathroom at night (MYTH!!)
