So I am now officially 12 weeks . . . 1/3 of the way done . . . the first trimester is over and I can’t wait to get out of here. I think we should do one of those paper chains, you know, when you put as many links as there are days left and then take one off day by day . . .
. . . it gives you something to look at as a count down to when I get to see all of your lovely faces.
Reflexes!! My fingers will soon begin to open and close, my toes will curl, my eye muscles will clench, and my mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you push my mommy’s tummy, I will squirm in response, although my mommy won’t be able to feel me. My intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into my abdominal cavity about now, and my kidneys will begin excreting urine into my bladder.
Meanwhile, nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in my little brain, synapses are forming furiously. My face looks unquestionably human: My eyes have moved from the sides to the front of my head, and my ears are right where they should be. From crown to rump, your I am just over two inches long (about the size of a lime) and I weigh a whopping half an ounce.
