"Your baby weighs about 5.25 ounces and is 5-1/2 inches long from crown to rump, or about the size of a large pickle. Your baby's digestive system is starting to produce meconium, its first fecal matter. Some new moms are scared at the sight of it in their newborn’s diapers and think something must be wrong with their baby, but it’s perfectly ( Read more... )

I could not keep my stomach in line earlier today. It was very bad. I could do nothing but feel myself getting dehydrated. Every time I tried to rehydrate myself it was in vain. I don't like doing things that wind up being in vain. It isn't much fun. So as soon as Billy's grandpa got home this afternoon (mind you it was like five hours after the ( Read more... )

Hahaha Billy got kicked by the baby today and last night. It was great. Must get a picture of his face next time

Your baby is approximately 4.8 inches long and weighs about 3.5 ounces, and he or she should weigh more than the placenta from this point on. Since your baby's hearing has become more finely tuned, he or she may respond to loud noises and you may feel movement at the sound of large trucks passing or a slamming door. Epidermal (skin) and fatty ( Read more... )

Your baby weighs almost one ounce, and is 3 to 4 inches in length. Your baby's bladder is beginning to function and, believe it or not, your baby actually begins urinating. In fact, although doctors are not really sure how or where your baby's urine is produced, they do know it is one component of the amniotic fluid, which regenerates itself every ( Read more... )

Your baby weighs about 1/2 ounce and is between 2.5 and 3 inches in length. Your baby's digestive tract continues to develop as tiny villi (hairs) form inside the intestines. These villi will help move food through your baby's digestive tract. The pancreas has begun producing insulin, and all 20 teeth buds have formed inside your baby's mouth. But ( Read more... )

I have only gained 1 lbs during this pregnancy. Isn't that crazy?? Actually I've lost four and gained one back. O.o I am confused. Maybe now that I'm a third done I'll gain the weight that I need to gain.

Your baby weighs about 14 grams and is about 2-1/2 inches in length. His or her reflexes are functioning, and the digestive tract is active and secreting bile - all to prepare your baby for life outside of your body. Stem cells, the "mother cells" that will become heart, brain, liver, bone, blood, nerve, and immune cells, continue to differentiate ( Read more... )

It was great! I don't have any other siblings, not one of the good things though although I guess it is kind of good in a way ( Read more... )

My Aunt Petrice (Whom I have not seen since my mom and dad split 21 years ago) found my mom's email! She emailed her! So my mom emailed me! Anyone that knows how hard I have tried to find any of that side of my family knows how extremely awesome this is!