9 Week Update

While this isn't the highest quality picture ever, I'm thrilled with it. I don't often get pictures of Eleanor and I, and I'm happy my hand made this shot - my leg did too for that matter, but I cropped that pale thing out.

Speaking of pale things, I haven't taken any belly pics yet of me and #2 - there isn't much there to see. In fact, my stomach looks very similar to my 10 week pic posted with Eleanor. But #2 is doing quite well:

9 weeks: Your new resident is nearly an inch long — about the size of a grape — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. She's starting to look more and more human. Her essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: Your baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do her tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. Your baby's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. Her eyes are fully formed, but her eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. She has tiny earlobes, and her mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The placenta is developed enough now to take over most of the critical job of producing hormones. Now that your baby's basic physiology is in place, she's poised for rapid weight gain.