Ok, so the website I get the sizes from changed up their format. This month, think of the babies as the size of eggplants, heads of lettuce, a cauliflower bunch or a rutabaga.
Milestones they will be hitting this month include:
- She's enjoying her new sense of equilibrium -- she now knows which way is up and which is down.
- She's growing more fat and more hair too!
- Her eyes are forming, and his eyes will soon start to open.
- And her eyelashes are now grown, too.
- She's getting her immune system ready for life on the outside by soaking up your antibodies.
- She's taking breaths, too. They're of amniotic fluid, not air, but it's still good practice.
- She's practicing inhaling and exhaling with her rapidly developing lungs.
- It's official: Baby's showing brain activity! And her brain will keep on getting more complex
- She's starting to develop more fat, so her wrinkly skin will start to get smoother.
- Her lungs are mature enough that she'd probably survive if she was born now. Wow!
My weekly appointment went well. Cervix measurements are holding steady and babies' heart rates are looking good. We have a growth check next week so I'll have an update on weights then!
I also visited with the specialist and nutritionist. The meal plan I am now on isn't too bad. It's a 2300 calorie plan so there's plenty of food. It's more about monitoring how much of each type of food I eat. So, carbs are spread out through the day and sugars are definitely limited, if not completely cut out. But I still get to have all the foods I normally eat and love, just more controlled (3 helpings of mac and cheese is no longer approved) :) I also learned how to check blood sugar levels and the prick is not bad at all. You really hardly feel it. As long as I manage sugar levels on the diet there's no need to take oral medications, but the specialist did warn that as the babies' placentas get bigger the diet modifications may not work so either additional changes to diet or oral meds may eventually be prescribed.
Bed rest is going well. I have moved into a reading/dvd watching stage and I am becoming a master at wasting time looking online. I would always be hit by things I wanted to look up online, but never had the time or a computer right at hand to do so...now I do, so as things pop in my head I waste time looking them up!
Pregnancy symptoms felt lately include: reflux, difficulty breathing when I get to laughing really hard, and the muscles in my inner thighs kill lately (I think it's due to having to propel myself side to side when laying down and propel myself up to a sitting position without the use of my non-existent ab muscles!) Bending down is still hard and I definitely waddle when I walk. :)
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