12 Weeks

Another week has passed oh so quickly!
Though I never know if I am technically in my 2nd trimester, or if at 14 weeks I'm in my 2nd trimester... Normally 12 weeks marks it, but in the What to Expect it says 14 weeks... hmmm...

So let's say I'm in 2nd trimester purgatory... or does that sound strange??









This week has passed really quickly. Nothing too new, my belly has been growing a little more to the point where i know have to wear a rubber band with all my jeans like so:


I'm still not completely over the nausea, I'm still not completely over the headaches. Still ridiculously tired.
But life is good! I can't believe I'm this far along already, it just hasn't seemed that long. And to think that I'll be finding out what I'm having next month, wow! Now that makes it seem like it's going FAST!!!
I can't wait to find out! Some days I want it to be a girl, some days I want it to be a boy... so really, I'm just happy with either one. We want more kids, so it's not like this is a last time, so no expectations.
So nothing really new to report this week, just a lot of same ol'-same ol'. Well except the fact that my baby looks like a duck and my uterus like a duck head.

Here's the 12 week baby update:

Basically your little child has been fully formed except for his fat and brain, but he'll have to grow and develop during the coming months to be able to live on his own outside of your body. All kinds of details have to be finished and form their definitive shape. At this stage, he'll open his mouth and swallow amniotic fluid. He practices sucking and will let the amniotic fluid flow in and out of his little lungs, which helps with the expanding and developing of his respiratory system. Maybe you'll wonder why babies don't drown in the amniotic fluid. The answer is simple: unborn babies aren't relying on their lungs for their oxygen supply, they get oxygen through the blood from the placenta.

Maybe this week you'll hear his heart beat for the first time... a great moment! Now you have the definitive proof that a baby is growing in your belly. His little heart beats really fast, about 160 beats per minute. Later during the pregnancy the rate will drop a bit, to somewhere between 120 and 160 beats per minute. In the meantime, your baby is swimming around peacefully, playing a bit with his umbilical cord and sucking his little thumb; he can already yawn and sleep a bit, too. If only you could have a peek inside to say hello...

Yeah for Baby VDP.