Week 12!

Well, breaking the tradition of using fruit and veg as a measurement gauge, this week I've found out that PJs is the size of a medium goldfish! What constitutes medium, I don't know... And how to compare a goldfish this week versus the lime from last week? Regardless, in the last three weeks, PJs has doubled in size and is really going to start growing bigger now.

This is the week that those with bad morning sickness can start to look for relief. Luckily for me I haven't had to deal with that so far (just a little queasy on occasion and one day of being sick). Maybe it runs in the family - Mom didn't have any!

What PJs is up to this week:
Your baby's face is beginning to look more human, even though she is only about 5.5cm long from her crown to her rump and weighs slightly less than 14 grams. The eyes, which started out on the sides of the head, have moved closer together. The ears are almost in their normal position on the side of the head. The liver is making bile and the kidneys are secreting urine in the bladder.

The fetus squirms if your abdomen is prodded, although you cannot yet feel movement. Fetal nerve cells have been multiplying rapidly and synapses are forming. The fetus has acquired more reflexes: touching the palms makes the fingers close, touching the soles of the feet makes the toes curl down and touching the eyelids makes the eye muscles clench. Your midwife can now feel the top of the uterus, also known as the fundus, low in the abdomen.

As you enter the second trimester, you may find yourself donning looser, less restrictive clothing. Soon you won't be able to fit into your regular clothes any more.