Sunday, August 20, 2006

Week 8

How your baby's growing: Your baby is now 5/8 of an inch long, about the size of a kidney bean. She's constantly moving and shifting, although you won't be able to feel these womb wiggles for several weeks yet. Her embryonic tail is disappearing, and her eyelids practically cover her eyes. Still slightly webbed, her fingers and toes are growing longer. Her arms have lengthened, too, and her hands are now flexed at the wrist and meet over her heart. Her knee joints have formed, and her feet may be long enough to meet in front of her body. With her trunk straightening out, her head is more erect. Breathing tubes extend from her throat to the branches of her developing lungs. The nerve cells in her brain are also branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways. Though you may be daydreaming about your baby as one gender or another, the external genitals still haven't developed enough to reveal whether you're having a boy or a girl.
sorry, i couldnt get the picture up.

3 comments:

Michelle said...

Hey, what website did you get this from? Cool website!

Mary Grace said...

hey cass- sorry i never leave comments, i am never on a computer long enough to post on everyones, mostly the time i barely have time to LOOK at blogs...i am a bad blogger lately. but thanks for all the comments on mine, you always do and i love it! i am glad things are coming along with the baby, and you are getting to buy baby stuff, like when we were little, only this time its for reals, because you get to use it on a real baby. hahah thats cool. me and heidi looked at your ultrasound pics, and that little cluster in the kidney bean shaped sac is so cute! looks just like you! hahah love you little lass. and mandy mckay says hello and she misses you. one day i shall call you. maybe tonite.
mare

Anonymous said...

Cass and Dan,
Loved the pics of the new baby!!! Did you know that almost every life form on earth looks exactly the same at this stage of embryonic development? The animals, the fishes, the fouls of the air, and even the reptilians, Scary huh? Maybe it's to remind us that we are created by our Heavenly Father, and we should repect all life, no matter how lowly or how high they may be.
Any news on Candi baby?
dad and mom