Its about that time again

[miss_eleana]

ETA: I just realised that this is actually a 37 week photo, not a 36. Man, even *I* cant keep up with how pregnant I am lol

Some online friends have been hassling me for an updated belly photo, so I got one.

This is my 26 weeks photo (L) alongside todays 36 week one (R). There isnt *that* much difference between the two, but I can definitley see

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[capybara_cafe]

hi baby!!

[shark_girl]

Ooh the little bugger is getting bigger! I kept thinking of you last week at Uni, when we were doing growth and development before birth :D

[miss_eleana]

Oh I saw the coolest show last weekend called In The Womb. Utterly fascinating to watch, and I learnt so much about what goes on in there. Some of it just blew me away, like how the "heart" starts beating around 6 weeks (which I knew), but that its NOT connected to anything O_O. The tiny muscles that become the heart are pre-programed to contract, and thats just what they do, well before the heart itself is attached to and regulated by the brain. Ditto with their legs!

[shark_girl]

Thats those clever little stem cells! It's truly amazing

[miss_eleana]

It is, absolutely. It was a bit of a O_O moment when I learnt that at one stage (4 weeks?) the group of cells caves in on itself, right before it starts to form a more human shape. But when it does roll in on itself, the nervous system and (what will be) the spinal chord are on the outside. I almost died when they said that, I cant believe how truly fragile embryo's can be.