I am continuously amazed at how much you are growing, and how many things your tiny body is already doing! Right now, you're approximately 4 1/2 inches long and weigh almost 4 ounces (about the size of an avocado)! Your tiny heart is now pumping 25 quarts of blood a day!!!! And your digestive system and urinary tract are starting to work all on their own. In fact, you've been swallowing amniotic fluid for almost a week now, so that you can practice swallowing for later. Your eyes are starting to move around, even though your eyelids will be closed for a while, and you're even starting to grow fingernails and toenails! And you can make funny faces with your mouth and nose too! You're even starting to grow hair on your head! You probably look something like this:
(image found at parenting.ivillage.com)
Most of all, you're starting to look like a real baby now, with your eyes and ears in all the right places and your little arms and legs and fingers and toes all recognizable. Sometime in the next couple of weeks, I will be able to feel you moving around inside my tummy! I can't WAIT!
Love,
Mama
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