Friday, September 01, 2006

Jumbo Shrimp

So I start the second trimester next week! Only 6 more months to go...Here's an excerpt from a weekly email I receive about the baby's growth. For the first 3 months they equated the weekly size of the baby to every fruit under the sun, and all of a sudden it switched to seafood this month...

How your baby's growing: Your belly may soon be big enough to announce to the world that you're expecting, but your baby is still tiny. In fact, it's only about 3 inches long crown to rump — roughly the size of a jumbo shrimp — and weighs just about an ounce. Despite the small proportions, there's a fully formed baby inside your womb now. Much more proportional than it was a few weeks ago, it's head is now only about a third the size of his body. It's tiny, unique fingerprints are already in place. It's kidneys and urinary tract are functional, and it's starting to urinate out the amniotic fluid it's been swallowing. As you start your second trimester, most of your baby's critical development will be completed.

2 comments:

Megs said...

Hello, dear darling little Shrimp!!!!!!! You are the cutest and most adorable little shrimp in the whole wide world! love megs

sam becca zach and martha said...

that's hilarious! i love it. now i have images of an actual little shrimp inside you. love you guys, becca