Sunday, May 17, 2009

Baby Poppy is 10 weeks today

This week Poppy is the size of a Prune or a kumquat. His/her legs are kicking and he/she is swallowing fluid. Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy.

Poppy's tiny nails are also forming on fingers and toes and peach-fuzz hair is growing on his/her skin.

Poppy's limbs can also bend now. His/her hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over his heart, and his feet may be long enough to meet in front of his body. The outline of his spine is clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from his spinal cord.

How exciting! Good job Poppy!

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