The Produce Report

I’ve gotten several emails asking for belly pictures.  People just love a pregnant belly!  I thought it might be fun to show a few from the last few weeks.  I think I may just update this weekly and create a tab at the top of the blog.

I’ve been doing a lot of research, and it’s pretty cool what’s going on with my body right now.  I’m fascinated by the baby’s development, and love to know how it’s changing week by week.  I found a great site which demonstrates how big the baby is  in relation to fresh produce.  Right now, we call the baby by whatever fruit it is that week.  Once we know the sex, we may change that.

Now, I don’t really want to share any bare belly shots.  I’ve always kind of had a belly as long as I can remember.  Now matter how much I worked out, or how well I ate, the belly was there.  I have even done diets such as South Beach, which promote belly fat loss first, but that never quite worked out for me.  I’ve kind of just come to terms with my little squishy belly and moved on.  My belly is actually rock solid under the squish-abs of steel I tell you!  It’s just not a cute, toned tummy.  Also, I don’t want to show my bare belly pics, because many of them (especially from early on) are of a lot of bloat, which is normal in the beginning stages of pregnancy.  Not the best sight.  So without further ado…

Week 9: .9 inches long, .07 oz.

I know it’s actually supposedly the size of a green olive, but we decided it should be something sweet instead, and figured a grape was pretty comparable!  This is when the baby stopped being an embryo and became a fetus!

Week 10: 1.2 inches long, .14 oz.

It’s actually the size of a prune, but since a prune is kind of smushed up, we found out that it is also the size of a kumquat.  That just seemed better!  The arm and leg joints began to work this week.

Week 11: 1.6 inches, .25 oz.

The fetus has a 1:1 ratio between the body and head.  The fingers and toes aren’t webbed anymore.  Hair follicles, tooth buds and nail beds are forming.

Week 12: 2.1 inches, .49 oz.

Almost all of the baby’s systems are fully formed.

Week 13: 2.9 inches, .81 oz.

Baby has teeth and vocal cords and is approaching more normal proportions (the head is 1/3 the size of the body).  Intestines are moving from the umbilical cord into the baby’s tummy.

Week 14: 3.4 inches, 1.5 oz.

Officially into the 2nd trimester!  The baby’s toes are wiggling and baby is moving a lot more, doing things like sucking it’s thumb.  Organs are continuing to develop

Week 15: 4 inches, 2.5 oz.

The baby is more proportional…the legs are longer than the arms now.  All four limbs have functional joints

This picture made me think of Juno: “Wow! That shirt’s workin’ hard.”

There you have it!

So, what’s your favorite fruit?  Anything fun going on this weekend?

It’s supposed to be rainy, and Solomon is working all weekend :(.  We’re going out for dinner tonight (maybe Indian) and then I’m going to be doing tons of cooking and baking this weekend.  Tuesday I’m heading to Jersey, and that will be a whirlwind, so it will be great to be able to take it easy!