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Archive for September 2008

Week 13

Posted by: babyschiller on: September 26, 2008

I’m so excited!! This is the first day of the last week of my first trimester, which everyone tells me means that my life is about to get much, much better…
The baby is currently the size of a peach.

Here’s what the baby is up to this week: “The growth of your baby’s head will slow [...]

Second Ultrasound

Posted by: babyschiller on: September 22, 2008

We had the second ultrasound today, and the doctor said that everything looks great! The baby is 3.2 inches long, which is right on track for 12.5 weeks. There was a BIG difference between this one and the last one–for one thing, we could see arms and legs! He doesn’t look as much like a [...]

12 Weeks

Posted by: babyschiller on: September 19, 2008

Here I am at 12 weeks. Still not much of a baby bump, just generally thicker through the middle.

I had a pretty dramatic business trip out to Las Vegas–fainted in the middle of a meeting with the Las Vegas Police Department. (If you have to faint, what better place to do it than in a [...]

11 Weeks

Posted by: babyschiller on: September 12, 2008

Today is the first day of Week 11! The baby is now the size of a large lime (about 2 inches long):

The internet says: “This is a rapid growth stage, and your baby’s length and weight will likely double in the next three weeks [Jen says, "Aaaaaah!"]. At this point, the head is almost half [...]

10 weeks

Posted by: babyschiller on: September 5, 2008

This week, the baby is about the size of a small plum.

Here’s what the internet has to say:
This week signals the end of the “embryonic stage” and the start of the “fetal period.” And with it comes rapid growth spurts. The good news is that the critical stage of development is over, and there is [...]