Baby Watch – Week #10
Oct 14th 2009AdamBaby Updates
Another week, another Baby Watch! Not near as exciting as last week because we didn’t have any doctor visits or cool ultrasound appointments. But being one week closer to having a baby is excitement enough for me. No real changes to announce. Erin has so far been lucky enough to avoid any real morning sickness, slowed down on the 2000 trips to the bathroom at night, and seems to be a little less tired then previous weeks. All good stuff that I’m hoping will only continue to get better as time goes on.
Nothing new for me either. I am still pretty amazed at the whole ultrasound deal from last week. It was so cool in fact we have started doing some research into getting a 3D/4D ultrasound down the road. We have seen pictures in some of the literature they gave us at the doctors office, and our dentist lady said they had it done when she was pregnant and really liked it. Since I paid $40 to get a picture of the inside of my eye, I think $100 for a 3D picture of the baby is a good deal. Our only concern is that since we are not finding out if it is a boy or a girl, we don’t want a 3D picture to ruin the surprise either.
On to the baby site this week we reach a small milestone. According to them (based on Mayo Clinic’s Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy) week ten is where the baby goes from being an “embryo” to being a “fetus”. Neither terms that accurately describe what I seen in that picture last week, so I will be sticking with baby. It says we are over a inch long now or about the length of a quarter. All the vital organs are developed, and it should have all its fingers and toes now. The coolest fact comes in the area of brain development where it says “Every minute, 250,000 new neurons (or first brain cells) are produced.” Pretty cool. See ya next week!
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