Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Poor Dylan
After a fortnight of feeling like death, I'm amazed at how well Dylan is coping. On Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons I tend to feel dreadful, so post-nursery, Dylan is mostly left to entertain himself whilst I lie on the sofa. The guilt is overwhelming. Fortunately he will play on his own, topped up with a generous application of Peppa Pig on DVD. But I feel awful! We never go out at the mo, and trips to the park are heavily curtailed. To quote one of Dylan's favourite phrases... "poor Dylan!"
Week 8... And we have a scan date!
Tuesday 28th Feb - that's our dating scan date. WHOOP! At 12w6d it's not as bad as I expected, but still a seemingly epoch away!
Baby center says....
New this week: webbed fingers and toes are poking out from your baby's hands and feet and your baby's tail is just about gone. Your baby's eyelids are practically covering her eyes, and breathing tubes extend from the throat to the branches of the developing lungs. In the brain, nerve cells are beginning to connect with one another.
You may be daydreaming about your baby as one sex or the other, but if you could see inside your uterus you wouldn't get any clues. Your baby's external genitals still haven't developed enough to reveal whether you're having a boy or a girl. Either way, your baby is about the size of a kidney bean, and is constantly moving and shifting, though it will be weeks before you can feel it.
Baby center says....
New this week: webbed fingers and toes are poking out from your baby's hands and feet and your baby's tail is just about gone. Your baby's eyelids are practically covering her eyes, and breathing tubes extend from the throat to the branches of the developing lungs. In the brain, nerve cells are beginning to connect with one another.
You may be daydreaming about your baby as one sex or the other, but if you could see inside your uterus you wouldn't get any clues. Your baby's external genitals still haven't developed enough to reveal whether you're having a boy or a girl. Either way, your baby is about the size of a kidney bean, and is constantly moving and shifting, though it will be weeks before you can feel it.
Monday, 23 January 2012
More belated week 7 stuff:
From the Baby Center app:
Your baby - The big news this week: hands and feet are emerging from your baby's developing arms and legs. They look more like paddles at this point than the tiny, pudgy extremities you're daydreaming about holding and tickling.
Technically, your baby is still considered an embryo. He has the remains of a small tail, which is an extension of the tailbone. The tail will disappear within a few weeks, but that's the only thing getting smaller. Your baby has doubled in size since last week and now measures half an inch long, about the size of a blueberry.
If you could see inside your uterus, you'd spot eyelid folds partially covering your baby's eyes, which already have some colour. You'd also see the tip of his nose and tiny veins beneath parchment-thin skin.
Your baby has an appendix and a pancreas, which will eventually produce the hormone insulin to aid digestion. A loop in your baby's growing intestines is bulging into his umbilical cord, which now has distinct blood vessels to carry oxygen and nutrients to and from your baby's tiny body.
Your body - Your uterus has doubled in size in the past five weeks, and eating may feel like a chore. It doesn't help if you are also feeling bloated, too. The cause? It's those hormones again.
During pregnancy you have much higher levels of progesterone. This hormone relaxes smooth muscle tissue throughout your body, including your gastrointestinal tract. The result? Slower than normal digestion, which can cause wind and bloating, especially after a big meal.
Hectic!
Your baby - The big news this week: hands and feet are emerging from your baby's developing arms and legs. They look more like paddles at this point than the tiny, pudgy extremities you're daydreaming about holding and tickling.
Technically, your baby is still considered an embryo. He has the remains of a small tail, which is an extension of the tailbone. The tail will disappear within a few weeks, but that's the only thing getting smaller. Your baby has doubled in size since last week and now measures half an inch long, about the size of a blueberry.
If you could see inside your uterus, you'd spot eyelid folds partially covering your baby's eyes, which already have some colour. You'd also see the tip of his nose and tiny veins beneath parchment-thin skin.
Your baby has an appendix and a pancreas, which will eventually produce the hormone insulin to aid digestion. A loop in your baby's growing intestines is bulging into his umbilical cord, which now has distinct blood vessels to carry oxygen and nutrients to and from your baby's tiny body.
Your body - Your uterus has doubled in size in the past five weeks, and eating may feel like a chore. It doesn't help if you are also feeling bloated, too. The cause? It's those hormones again.
During pregnancy you have much higher levels of progesterone. This hormone relaxes smooth muscle tissue throughout your body, including your gastrointestinal tract. The result? Slower than normal digestion, which can cause wind and bloating, especially after a big meal.
Hectic!
Belated Bump Watch @ BBC - Days 43 to 49
Due to heading to crippling exhaustion, then heading to London for my birthday, I've only just got around to this..,.
"Your baby is experiencing a very busy time! The heart is really taking shape, along with the first blood vessels of the circulation system. Your baby's tooth buds, palate and tongue are forming too, while the ears continue to develop and eyelids are starting to cover your baby's eyes. This early period of development is very important as the basic structure of the body and all the organs are formed in the first 12 weeks."
"Your baby is experiencing a very busy time! The heart is really taking shape, along with the first blood vessels of the circulation system. Your baby's tooth buds, palate and tongue are forming too, while the ears continue to develop and eyelids are starting to cover your baby's eyes. This early period of development is very important as the basic structure of the body and all the organs are formed in the first 12 weeks."
Sunday, 15 January 2012
The return of the morning sickness
It looks like a week six has brought the inevitable morning sickness. It's hit me like a brick. Morning, noon, night I have been feeling like death; to the point I am now starting to worry how I'm going to cope with work. It was too much to hope I was going to get away with it? Meh, pass the ginger cordial!
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Or, our little baked bean? Bump Watch @ the BBC - days 36 to 42
The fluid-filled space that was inside the blastocyst is now developing into the amniotic sac - the bag of waters that will protect your baby for the rest of your pregnancy - and break at the end! The embryo has a blood circulatory system that links with yours through the chorionic villi (the little fingers belonging to the cells embedded in the lining of your womb). Your baby's spine is starting to form, with the very beginnings of the central nervous system. Blood vessels are also forming into what will become the umbilical cord - the vital link between you and your baby.
Darling buds
Tiny little buds on the embryo are the first signs of your baby's arms and legs. Your baby's facial features are forming while depressions in the outline of the embryo show the early development of your baby's chest and body. Your baby's digestive system is starting to form too, beginning with the first cells of the stomach and the intestine. At this point your baby is no bigger than a baked bean - a bouncing baby bean!
Darling buds
Tiny little buds on the embryo are the first signs of your baby's arms and legs. Your baby's facial features are forming while depressions in the outline of the embryo show the early development of your baby's chest and body. Your baby's digestive system is starting to form too, beginning with the first cells of the stomach and the intestine. At this point your baby is no bigger than a baked bean - a bouncing baby bean!
Our little lentil
From the Baby Centre app - week 6
This week's major developments: The nose, mouth and ears that you'll spend so much time kissing in eight months' time are beginning to take shape. If you could see into your uterus, you'd find an oversized head and dark spots where your baby's eyes and nostrils are starting to form. Her emerging ears are marked by small depressions on the sides of the head, and the arms and legs by protruding buds.
Your baby's heart is beating about 100 to 160 times a minute, almost twice as fast as yours. Blood is beginning to course through her body. The intestines are developing, and the bud of tissue that will give rise to the lungs has appeared. The pituitary gland, which later on will secrete hormones, is forming, as are the rest of your baby's brain, muscles and bones. Right now, your baby is a quarter of an inch long, about the size of a lentil.
This week's major developments: The nose, mouth and ears that you'll spend so much time kissing in eight months' time are beginning to take shape. If you could see into your uterus, you'd find an oversized head and dark spots where your baby's eyes and nostrils are starting to form. Her emerging ears are marked by small depressions on the sides of the head, and the arms and legs by protruding buds.
Your baby's heart is beating about 100 to 160 times a minute, almost twice as fast as yours. Blood is beginning to course through her body. The intestines are developing, and the bud of tissue that will give rise to the lungs has appeared. The pituitary gland, which later on will secrete hormones, is forming, as are the rest of your baby's brain, muscles and bones. Right now, your baby is a quarter of an inch long, about the size of a lentil.
6 weeks today
... And I feel dreadful. Half way through the first trimester. Will post more stuff later when Dyl isn't whining and I feel more human! Zzzzzzzz......
Friday, 6 January 2012
Midwife referral
Well I'm referred, but booking is at 10 weeks now, so I'm a way off seeing the midwife. Seems from my letter that Ros has left! Also clinic is now Tuesday morning, my teaching morning, so not exactly sure how I'm going to work that one! Fun, fun...
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Bump Watch @ the BBC - Days 29 to 35 - Your baby
"Your baby's now a tiny little blastocyst embedded into the lining of your uterus. The blastocyst is growing and developing thanks to nourishment from your blood system. The inner cell mass is forming the embryo. The ovary which gave up the egg continues to produce progesterone. This ensures the cells on the inside of the uterus support your pregnancy. Each cell builds up and thickens the lining, stimulating the production of hormones.
I'm a little tadpole...
The embryo is about two millimetres long. Tiny, but visible, and shaped something like a tadpole! Your baby's heart begins to beat. And major organs have started to develop. Facial features are starting to form too. Nostrils are becoming distinct and the earliest version of the part of the eyes that is sensitive to light (retinas) is forming. Wow!"
A - ma -ZING!
I'm a little tadpole...
The embryo is about two millimetres long. Tiny, but visible, and shaped something like a tadpole! Your baby's heart begins to beat. And major organs have started to develop. Facial features are starting to form too. Nostrils are becoming distinct and the earliest version of the part of the eyes that is sensitive to light (retinas) is forming. Wow!"
A - ma -ZING!
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm
This is tomorrow's entry on my Baby Centre Pregnancy app (week 5 baby!!) and I think its really fascinating:
Deep in your uterus your embryo is growing at a furious pace. At this point, your baby-to-be is about the size of a sesame seed and looks more like a tiny tadpole than a human. He's now made up of three layers:
the ectoderm
the mesoderm
the endoderm
These layers will later form all of your baby's organs and tissues.
In the top layer, the ectoderm, the neural tube is starting to develop. Eventually your baby's brain, spinal cord, nerves and backbone will sprout from here. This ectoderm will also go on to form your baby's:
skin
hair
nails
mammary and sweat glands
tooth enamel
Your baby's heart and circulatory system begin to form in the middle layer, or mesoderm. These are developing very quickly. This week, his tiny heart begins to divide into chambers and will start to beat and pump blood.
The mesoderm will also form your baby's:
muscles
cartilage
bone
subcutaneous (under skin) tissue
The third layer, or endoderm, will form your baby's:
lungs
intestines
urinary system
thyroid
liver
pancreas
In the meantime, early versions of the placenta and umbilical cord are already at work.
Deep in your uterus your embryo is growing at a furious pace. At this point, your baby-to-be is about the size of a sesame seed and looks more like a tiny tadpole than a human. He's now made up of three layers:
the ectoderm
the mesoderm
the endoderm
These layers will later form all of your baby's organs and tissues.
In the top layer, the ectoderm, the neural tube is starting to develop. Eventually your baby's brain, spinal cord, nerves and backbone will sprout from here. This ectoderm will also go on to form your baby's:
skin
hair
nails
mammary and sweat glands
tooth enamel
Your baby's heart and circulatory system begin to form in the middle layer, or mesoderm. These are developing very quickly. This week, his tiny heart begins to divide into chambers and will start to beat and pump blood.
The mesoderm will also form your baby's:
muscles
cartilage
bone
subcutaneous (under skin) tissue
The third layer, or endoderm, will form your baby's:
lungs
intestines
urinary system
thyroid
liver
pancreas
In the meantime, early versions of the placenta and umbilical cord are already at work.
Monday, 2 January 2012
Differences
It's funny, I knew I was pregnant with Dylan because I was very nauseous from the word go, before i even got that early positive test result, really early on! Yet so far, this time, I've hardly been nauseous at all. I know it's still very early days, but I feel very different. It seems nausea has been replaced with the sorest boobs in the world, catastrophic tiredness, paranoia, and being very emotional and hormonal! I wonder if in a few weeks time the pregnancies will become similar, or whether this will remain a very different experience?
Odd.
I need a cry. Or sleep. Or both.
See! Told you I was hormonal!
(I call it hormanalmental)
Odd.
I need a cry. Or sleep. Or both.
See! Told you I was hormonal!
(I call it hormanalmental)
Bump Watch @ BBC Days 22-28
Thought I'd start up an old tradtion of this blog - tracking the pregnancy through the BBC pregnancy tracker. It seems they've gone weekly rather than daily now - cut backs I assume! Anyway, here we go!:
"Days 22 to 28 - Your baby in the making
A space forms inside the morula (the embryo at its early stage of development), as some cells clump together in the middle, and others are pushed to the edge. The morula is now known as the blastocyst. By now, the blastocyst has made its way to your womb and is ready to embed itself in the endometrium - or the lining of the uterus. At this point, it's still not visible to the naked eye. The cells of the trophoblast put out tiny projections like tiny little fingers, which are called the chorionic villi. These manage to burrow into the endometrium, breaking it down to help the embedding process. The embedded blastocyst now starts producing a hormone - chorionic gonadotrophin. This stops you having your period and shows in your urine. You're pregnant - yay!"
Yay! :-D
"Days 22 to 28 - Your baby in the making
A space forms inside the morula (the embryo at its early stage of development), as some cells clump together in the middle, and others are pushed to the edge. The morula is now known as the blastocyst. By now, the blastocyst has made its way to your womb and is ready to embed itself in the endometrium - or the lining of the uterus. At this point, it's still not visible to the naked eye. The cells of the trophoblast put out tiny projections like tiny little fingers, which are called the chorionic villi. These manage to burrow into the endometrium, breaking it down to help the embedding process. The embedded blastocyst now starts producing a hormone - chorionic gonadotrophin. This stops you having your period and shows in your urine. You're pregnant - yay!"
Yay! :-D
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