kaitlyn is now 8 weeks preggy today!
April 7th 2008 05:00
Date updated: February 20, 2008
Content provided by KidsHealth
Marveling over a baby's tiny fingers and toes is one of the joys of the first day of life. Those fingers and toes are just beginning to form this week, and the arms can even flex at the elbows and wrists. The eyes are becoming more obvious because they've begun to develop pigment (color) in the retina (back of the eye).
Also, the intestines are getting longer and there isn't enough room for them in the baby's abdomen, so they protrude into the umbilical cord until week 12.
By now, the beginnings of the buds that will develop into your baby's genitals have made their appearance, although they've not yet developed enough to reveal whether your baby is a boy or a girl.
Your Body
Pregnancy symptoms such as a missed period, nausea, extreme fatigue, or tight clothes due to the swelling of your uterus have probably prompted you to wonder whether you're pregnant. Once you have confirmation of your pregnancy from a home pregnancy test or blood or urine test at the doctor's office, you should call and schedule your first prenatal visit. Your pregnancy may be monitored by one of several health care professionals, including an obstetrician, nurse practitioner, midwife, or family doctor. If your pregnancy is considered high risk (for example, if you have had multiple miscarriages, are older than 35, or have a history of pregnancy complications), your doctor may want to see you as early as possible and more often during the course of your pregnancy.
Good prenatal care is extremely important for the health and safe delivery of your baby, so be sure to make prenatal appointments a top priority.
So pretty soon the baby will be able to suck on his/or her little fingers!! That makes me sooo excited because for babies, that suckeling is such a comfort. Two more months and hopefully Kaitlyn will no longer be sick anymore. She is jsut aweful feeling and I wish i could find those damned preggie pops somewhere. Everyone says thatat every drugstore but like i wrote in my last post, I've checked about twenty and I can't find them anywhere. It's driving me crazy!!!
ok, there it is, week 8 and what is going on with our ittle miracle. which is one name we have thought about if the baby is a girl. I'll make a list of names soon. Here's a few boys-Aidan-Brayden, Jayden which are our three favs, Grady, Brady, Isaih
girls-Althea [means with Healing power] Amena, Hayley, Liliana, India, Kelila, Laila
hugs, Tammy
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