Anyway, because I'm NOT in my second trimester, I'm trying to focus on truly important things like eating better and exercising. The eating better is going ok...Sometimes. I'm at least not gaining weight as quickly as I did with Gus. The exercising thing needs some work. A lot of work. I think about doing yoga all the time, but I literally can't remember the last time I did. Le sigh.
I'm desperate for a whey protein shake and three cheese rollups. A trip to the store tomorrow should remedy both cravings.
In actual baby news, here's what Swarley's doing right now:
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. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks. 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.
