Week Ten: Embryo is now a Fetus


You are 10 weeks pregnant. (eight weeks after conception)
From this week until birth, the developing organism is called a fetus.
The fetus is now the size of a small strawberry.
The feet are 2mm long (one tenth of an inch).
The neck is beginning to take shape.
The body muscles are almost developed. Baby has begun movement.
While still too small for you to feel, your little one is wriggling and shifting.
The jaws are in place. The mouth cavity and the nose are joined.
The ears and nose can now be seen clearly.
Fingerprints are already evident in the skin.
Nipples and hair follicles begin to form.

The unborn baby is now called a fetus. Though the fetus is constantly moving, you will not be able to actually feel fetal movement for several more weeks. All of the organs, muscles, and nerves are in place and beginning to function. As the hands and feet develop fingers and toes, they have lost their paddle like look. The touch pads on the fingers form and already have fingerprints.

During this week of pregnancy the crown to rump length of the fetus is 0.9 inch to 1.2 inches (22 to 30mm), weight 0.07 ounce (2gm). They are now on the way to forming their testicles or ovaries, getting ready for the next generation. Until the ninth week of fetus development, the fetal reproductive apparatus is the same one for the both sexes. The head is still large and curves into chest.

Each week your uterus grows larger with the baby growing inside it. You may begin to see your waistline growing thicker by this time. A pelvic exam will detect that your uterus has grown from it's normal, size of your fist, to a little bigger than a grapefruit.
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I received a mothers day gift in the mail from Sam, she took lots of pictures of the kids while we were at their house for the last transfer and I was on bedrest. She framed one of the pictures of my boys kissing their little sister for me. And sent the sweetest card with it. Feeling appreciated is so very nice! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.Also a couple of weeks ago, she sent me flowers out of the blue. You guys are the best!

On other fronts, I pulled a 4.0 this semester which will help the old GPA, yay!! And we have been super busy having 2 boys in baseball this spring. So far Dylan's team is 2 and 2, Gage hasn't had a game yet, were supposed to have the 1st one today but it got cancelled. We are having a great time, Mark got me a ball glove the other day and said happy mothers day, lol, and he got sissy a pink and purple one, now we can all get out there and play catch.